# Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIGNON, Claude]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 149 cm ## Commentary 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. ## Related artworks - [Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee]() - [David with the Head of Goliath \(detail\)]() - [David with the Head of Goliath]() - [David with the Head of Goliath]() - [Esther before Ahasuerus]() - [Flora]() - [Joseph Interpreting Dreams in Prison]() - [Portrait of François Langlois]() - [St Philip Baptizing the Eunuch of Candace]() - [The Martyrdom of St Matthew]() - [The Young Singer]() - [The Young Singer]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()