The Judgement of Cambyses
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The Judgement of Cambyses is an oil-on-wood diptych by Early Netherlandish artist Gerard David, depicting the arrest and flaying of the corrupt Persian judge Sisamnes on the order of Cambyses, based o
Het Oordeel van Cambyses, 1498, Groeningemuseum, 0040035000
Sisamnes
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Sisamnes was, according to Herodotus's Histories, book 5, chapter 25, a corrupt royal judge active in the Persian empire during the reign of Cambyses II of Persia. When Cambyses learned that Sisamnes
The Judgement of Cambyses
…Judgement of Cambyses is an oil-on-wood diptych by Early Netherlandish artist Gerard David, depicting the arrest and flaying of the corrupt Persian judge Sisamnes on the order of Cambyses, based on Herodotus' Histories. The diptych was commissioned in 1487/1488 by the municipal authorities of Bruges which requested…
The judgement of Cambyses, by Vigor Boucquet
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