Judgment of Solomon, Story of Solomon (series title), Two women both claim to be the mother of a still living baby and ask Solomon for his judgment. Solomon sits on his throne. Before him the two mothers. The soldier next to him is about to cut the baby in half, whereupon the left mother kneels with her arms raised in protest. The other, deceased baby lies on the steps in front of the throne. Below in the margin a one-line caption in Latin., print maker: anonymous, print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, (attributed to), after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), print maker:


Judgment of Solomon, Story of Solomon (series title), Two women both claim to be the mother of a still living baby and ask Solomon for his judgment. Solomon sits on his throne. Before him the two mothers. The soldier next to him is about to cut the baby in half, whereupon the left mother kneels with her arms raised in protest. The other, deceased baby lies on the steps in front of the throne. Below in the margin a one-line caption in Latin., print maker: anonymous, print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, (attributed to), after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Antwerp, 1560 - 1595, paper, engraving, height 255 mm × width 199 mm


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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