File:Claude Vignon Croesus.jpg

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Artist

Claude Vignon (1593–1670)
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	1593	1670
Location of birth/death	Tours	Paris
Work location	Florence, Milan, Rome, France
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant

Date

1629

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 105 cm (41.3 in). Width: 149 cm (58.7 in).

Current location

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours

	Parent institution	city of Tours
	Location	Ancien archevêché 18 Place Francis Sicard 37000 Tours France
	Coordinates	47° 23′ 42.11″ N, 0° 41′ 40.43″ E
	Established	1795
	Website	www.tours.fr

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VIGNON, Claude

(b. 1593, Tours, d. 1670, Paris)

Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant 1629 Oil on canvas, 105 x 149 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours

After his return from Rome to Paris in 1624, Vignon became enormously prolific; a huge number of pictures, several hundred in all, were documented at the time of his death. As he matured in Paris and lightened his palette a little, Vignon still maintained his sense of drama. For example, in his Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant, there is a lessening of interest in bizarre surface texture, and the poses of the figures round the table show a return to the conventions of Caravaggism.

There is some doubt about the identification of the main figure as Croesus, but the story fits enough. The moral is clear - great wealth is amassed by cruel methods.

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Author: VIGNON, Claude Title: Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant Time-line: 1601-1650 School: French Form: painting

Type: mythological

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