Candaules Showing His Wife to Gyges

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Not to be confused with Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed by William Etty.
Candaules Showing His Wife to Gyges

Candaules Showing His Wife to Gyges is a small c.1646 painting of the story of Candaules by Jacob Jordaens, now in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm, to which it was donated in 1872 by count .

The work was bought in Antwerp by the collector in 1646.

Sources[]

  • (in French) Max Rooses, Jordaens: sa vie et ses oeuvres, Amsterdam, 1906, pp. 144–146.
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