Solomon's justice, Naturae certissimum indicium (title on object), Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata (Old Testament) (series title), Imagines et figurae bibliorum (series title), King Solomon sits on his throne at his palace. He is passing judgment on a dispute between two prostitutes who had both given birth to a child. One of the children had died and lies on the ground before the king. The child who is still alive and claimed by both mothers is held by a man with a sword. This man is ordered by Solomon to cut the child in half. This goes too far for one

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