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Engraving of a seated judge in a chair at left, robed attendants beside him, and bare-chested plumed figures before a crowd at right, with Latin text below.

Cambyses Commanding Flaying, plate 6 from Thrones of Justice

An engraved scene in a columned hall: a seated judge in a high-backed chair at left, attended by robed men, while at right bare-chested figures in plumed helmets stand before a crowd. Latin verses in two columns run beneath the image.

Artist
Willem van Swanenburgh
Date
1606
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1310 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1606).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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