Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed
William Etty, 1830, Tate
‘Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed’ is a work by William Etty (1787–1849). It is dated 1830. It is part of the collection Tate.
It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 45 × 56 cm. The work belongs to the genre nude. The things depicted include clothed male, naked female, Candaules, Gyges of Lydia, and Nyssia.
The catalogue has 249 more works by William Etty.