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Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, as She Goes to Bed

1830

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The story

Shown at the Royal Academy in 1830, it was condemned as immoral, the sort of picture expected from a foreign artist rather than a British one. When The Art Journal bought the rights to reproduce its owner's collection in 1849, it left Candaules out.

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Object details

Title: Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, as She Goes to Bed
Artist: William Etty
Date: 1830
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Tate Britain, London
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License CC0.
Object number: EFA.0231
Original image: 2419 × 1971 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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William Etty. Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, as She Goes to Bed. 1830. Tate Britain, London. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License CC0. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0231/