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The Judgement of Cambyses is an oil on wood diptych by Dutch artist Gerard David depicting the arrest and flaying of the corrupt judge Sisamnes on the order of Cambyses based on Herodotus’s Histories. The diptych was commissioned in 1487/1488 by the municipal authorities of Bruges which requested a series of panels for the deputy burgomaster’s room in the town hall.The diptych was painted on oak panels and was first mentioned in the Bruges’ archives as The Last Judgement.
