Judgement of Cambyses: The skinning of Sisamnes, Gerard David, 1498

Justice diptych for the council chamber of bruges town hall. Panel 2 - according to an old persian story, sisamnes was a corrupt judge who was skinned alive on the orders of king cambyses. The judicial throne from which otanes, sisamnes' son and successor, was henceforth to dispense justice is covered by skin. Object Type: painting, diptych. Genre: history painting. Date: 1498. Dimensions: height: 202 cm (79.5 in) ; width: 172.8 cm (68 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Sisamnes. Collection: Groeningemuseum. Gerard David - The Judgment of Cambyses, panel 2 - The shedding of the corrupt judge Sisamnes