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Engraving of a seated judge in a chair at left, robed attendants beside him, and bare-chested plumed figures before a crowd at right, with Latin text below.

Cambyses Commanding Flaying, plate 6 from Thrones of Justice (Thronus Iustitiae)

An engraved scene in a columned hall: a seated judge in a high-backed chair at left, attended by robed men, while at right bare-chested figures in plumed helmets stand before a crowd. Latin verses in two columns run beneath the image.

Artist
Willem van Swanenburgh
Date
1606
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1310 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1606).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: Cambises ordenando el desollamiento, lámina 6 de Tronos de la justicia

Una escena grabada en un salón con columnas: a la izquierda, un juez sentado en un alto sillón, acompañado de hombres con túnica; a la derecha, figuras con torso desnudo y cascos con plumas ante una multitud. Versos en latín en dos columnas corren bajo la imagen.

Português: Cambises ordenando o esfolamento, prancha 6 de Tronos da Justiça

Uma cena gravada em um salão com colunas: à esquerda, um juiz sentado em uma alta cadeira, acompanhado de homens com túnicas; à direita, figuras de torso nu e elmos com plumas diante de uma multidão. Versos em latim em duas colunas correm sob a imagem.

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