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Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp circa 1580-circa 1648) Croesus before Cyrus () image 1
Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp circa 1580-circa 1648) Croesus before Cyrus () image 2
Lot 34*

Gaspar van den Hoecke
(Antwerp circa 1580-circa 1648)
Croesus before Cyrus (?)

7 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp circa 1580-circa 1648)

Croesus before Cyrus (?)
oil on copper, stamped with the panel-maker's mark of Pieter Stas (on the reverse)
49.5 x 66.5cm (19 1/2 x 26 3/16in).

Footnotes

The present work may depict Croesus before King Cyrus II. As told by Herodotus, having defeated Croesus in battle, King Cyrus condemned him to be burned alive. However, Croesus prayed to the god Apollo, who responded by gathering storm clouds above the pyre to extinguish the flames and thus save Croesus.

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