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Description: | The bottom half of the painting is missing. It represented a heap of golden vessels and other riches towards which Croesus is pointing. Croesus, King of Lydia, whose riches were immense, is being reminded by Solon, a wiseman from Athens, that good fortune in life is both fickle and fleeting. Vignon's carrer was influenced by several styles; the colour in this painting may be influenced by Mannerism; the handling of the paint both by Mannerism and by Rembrandt (or his antecedents); and the light and costumes again by Rembrandt, whom Vignon was acquainted with. | Subjects: | history (Croesus and Solon) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vignon, Claude (French painter and printmaker, 1593-1670) Æ Previously attributed to French School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8957... | Go to resource |
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