The verdict of Cambydes, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540/45

It depicts the story of the judge sisamnes, who was flayed for corruption. His son otanes was then appointed as judge and had to dispense justice from a throne under his father's skin. Cranach's painting contains the flaying of sisamnes in a kind of simultaneous representation in the top right corner. Object Type: painting. Date: 1540/45. Dimensions: height: 209.4 cm (82.4 in); width: 107.1 cm (42.1 in). Medium: oil on linden wood. Collection: Jagdschloss Grunewald. 1543 Cranach d.Ä. Das Urteil des Kambydes Jagdschloss Grunewald anagoria