Frederick Sandys - The King of the Gate
Summary
This illustration accompanied a poem of the same title in which Zeus suddenly appears before the king and court of an unidentified country. The following lines describe the scene depicted: "'Tis Zeus," they cried, "the round world’s sire." That moment, through the jostling crowd Of kneeling suitors, a god-like man Strode… (see references)
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Date
1861 - 1862
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Wikimedia Commons
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public domain