File:Croesus at the Stake, after Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg
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editEnglish: Croesus at the Stake ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After Hans Holbein the Younger |
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English: Croesus at the Stake |
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Date |
circa 1540 date QS:P571,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | pen and ink | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 28.4 × 70.2 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q194626 |
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English: The drawing style and format of this and its accompanying sheet depicting Sertorius indicate that they relate to Holbein's murals for the Council Chamber of Basel Town Hall. Holbein began the work during the 1520s, painting classical subjects such as this one. After his return from a two-year visit to England (1526–28), he was commissioned to resume the task, but this time to provide murals based on Old Testament subjects, in keeping with the new Reformation doctrines of the authorities. The murals were one of several large-scale projects undertaken by Holbein that are now known only from a few fragments and preparatory sketches. They were intended to remind the councillors of the need for wise and godly government.
This design portrays Croesus (595–c. 547 BC), the famously wealthy last king of Lydia, about to be burnt at the stake after defeat by the Persian king Cyrus in 547 BC. According to legend, as the pyre began to burn, Croesus remembered the wise words of the statesman Solon that no one could be called happy until they were dead, and he cried out "Solon!" three times. On hearing this, Cyrus ordered the fire put out, which could only be done with the intervention of Apollo, and pardoned Croesus.
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Source/Photographer | Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803. |
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