King Candaules of Lydia Showing His Wife to Gyges
Artist
Jacques Stella
(French, 1596-1657, active in Lyon)
Date1640s
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 33 x 26 3/4 in. (83.8 x 67.9 cm)
Frame: 43 × 37 1/8 in. (109.2 × 94.3 cm)
Frame: 43 × 37 1/8 in. (109.2 × 94.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN384
On View
On viewLocation
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Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
after 1655
