publish'd accorg. to act of Parliamt., 1765 May 9th.
Call Number:
765.05.09.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen standing naked on the right, but for a cloak draped over her left arm and jewellery, looking to left at a young man in armour who turns in the doorway to look at her, while the King sits in the background, gesturing towards them; an incense...
Alternative Title:
Candaules King of Lydia showing his Queen to his favourite Gyges
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey and Lydia (Kingdom).
Subject (Name):
Candaules, King of Lydia, -approximately 685 B.C., and Gyges, King of Lydia, -approximately 648 B.C.,
A coffin is carried down the stairs of a gothic church by a procession of monks, lit by the light of the full moon and the flames of the torches that some of the monks carry. They walk toward an open crypt in the foreground. The light from the crypt i...
Description:
Title and approximate date of production from dealer's description.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Funeral processions, Incense, Monks, Moonlight, Pointed arches, and Torches
