Nabonidus: Last King of Babylon (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Roger Payne
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 22" x 15" (570mm x 375mm)
Date: 1981
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right
Code: PayneBabylonZigLL

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Roger Payne.

Babylon the Mighty: The King Who Stayed Away. Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-naʾid, "Nabu is praised") was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556-539BC when Babylon fell to Cyrus, king of Persia. After a popular rising led by the priests of Marduk, chief god of the city, Nabonidus, who favoured the moon god Sin, made his son Belshazzar co-regent and spent much of his reign in Arabia.

Returning to Babylon in 539 BC, he was captured by Cyrus' general Gobryas and exiled. A wonderfully evocative and detailed depiction of ancient Babylon at the time of it's last king. This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 1044 (13 March 1982).

• Artist Biography
  Roger Payne (born c. 1934; UK)
  Roger Payne is a professional illustrator from the UK. His homoerotic work is well known amongst aficionados but he has also done many illustrations for books and magazines, including historical illustrations for Look and Learn.