An oil-on-oak altarpiece panel showing Solomon enthroned, receiving the Queen of Sheba and her retinue bearing gold, spices and precious stones, the biblical episode of her visit to test and honor his wisdom. Painted by the Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, a Netherlandish painter active in the late fifteenth century, circa 1480. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 32.100.56a-d, from the Friedsam Collection, bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931.
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MediumOil on oak, Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, circa 1480, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.100.56a-d 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names The Queen of Sheba directly: "showing Solomon enthroned, receiving the Queen of Sheba and her retinue bearing gold, spices and precious stones, the biblical episode of her visit to test and honor his wisdom."
Source The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The panel's directly named subject per the museum's own title, enthroned and receiving the Queen of Sheba's gifts, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of that biblical episode.
Source The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Additional Source Solomon (Wikipedia)
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1. The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
An oil-on-oak altarpiece panel showing Solomon enthroned, receiving the Queen of Sheba and her retinue bearing gold, spices and precious stones, the biblical episode of her visit to test and honor his wisdom.
Solomon (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: SolomonQuote, Depicts: Solomon
The Queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame and visited him bearing gifts including gold, spices, and precious stones; Solomon gave her all her desire, whatsoever she asked.
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