Apame Usurps the King's Crown or The Four Powers, Hendrik Goltzius, 1614

Bacchus is handling the king a goblet, but at the very same moment the king is being slapped on the cheek by his concubine apame, who has taken off his crown and is placing it on her own head in illustration of 3 esdras 4:29. Object Type: painting. Date: 1614. Dimensions: height: 110 cm (43.3 in); width: 165 cm (64.9 in). Medium: oil on panel. ApameUsurpstheKing'sCrownHendrickGoltzius