The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for a set of altarpiece panels including "The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon," oil on oak, by the Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, a Netherlandish painter active in the late fifteenth century, circa 1480. The record gives the accession number 32.100.56a-d, each panel measuring roughly 36 3/4 by 17 5/8 inches, the classification Paintings, and the credit line The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Solomon is shown enthroned, receiving the queen and her retinue of gifts.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437028
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its artist, medium, dimensions and accession number, its own title directly naming Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Connections
Associated With
This source names The Queen of Sheba directly: "a set of altarpiece panels including "The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon," oil on oak, by the Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, a Netherlandish painter active in the late fifteenth..."
Source The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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