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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with King Candaules Exhibiting His Wife Nyssia to Gyges - Walters 482031.jpg The subject is taken from the ancient historian Herodotus who describes how King Candaules of Lydia caused his own downfall by letting Gyges see his wife Queen Nyssia naked Although she did not let Candaules know Nyssia was so outraged that she demanded that Gyges murder her husband in revenge Here Gyges has just been shot with one of Cupid's arrows to show that the sight of the queen made him fall in love ca 1540 1550 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 5 5 30 3 accession number 48 2031 39732 William Bode date and mode of acquisition unknown Leopold Heineman date and mode of acquisition unknown Douglas H Gordon date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Douglas H Gordon 1951 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Cupid on plates Cupid with bow Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Herodotus Urbino maiolica | ||||
