Judgment of Cambyses Title page for: Matthaeus II, Antonius. The iudiciis disputationes XVII, 1645, In the front, Cambyses, king of the Medes and Persians, appoints the bending Otanes as judge. In the background is the seat of the judge, which is covered with the skin of Otanes 'father Sisamnes, Otanes' predecessor. Sisamnes was skinned because of the corrupt jurisdiction of Cambyses, judgment of Cambyses: the appoints Sisamnes' son to succeed his father, whose skin is nailed onto the judgment seat (possibly flaying of Sisamnes visible), legal examples, exemplary judges, 'Justice justice builder', Cornelis van Dalen (I) (mentioned on object), paper, engraving, h 107 mm × w 52 mm.

Judgment of Cambyses Title page for: Matthaeus II, Antonius. The iudiciis disputationes XVII, 1645, In the front, Cambyses, king of the Medes and Persians, appoints the bending Otanes as judge. In the background is the seat of the judge, which is covered with the skin of Otanes 'father Sisamnes, Otanes' predecessor. Sisamnes was skinned because of the corrupt jurisdiction of Cambyses, judgment of Cambyses: the appoints Sisamnes' son to succeed his father, whose skin is nailed onto the judgment seat (possibly flaying of Sisamnes visible), legal examples, exemplary judges, 'Justice justice builder', Cornelis van Dalen (I) (mentioned on object), paper, engraving, h 107 mm × w 52 mm

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