The Judgement of King Solomon by Frans Floris I 1515-1570 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian. ( Judgement of Solomon Hebrew Bible, two women claiming to be the mother of a child, Solomon revealed true feelings , relationship to the child ,by suggesting the, baby be cut in two, each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother ,as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed, and the child committed to the care, of her rival, )


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