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Solomon's Judgment
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Round lead plaque, cut off at the top. In the center Solomon on his throne, back to a fantastic palace facade. He turns his head to the standing woman far right, who wrongly claims the living child as her own. In the foreground the true mother, kneeling in supplication. Between them lies the dead child of the first wife. To the left before the king a soldier who, by the king's command, must cut the disputed child in two, by which order the true mother is recognized. In the background buildings in a mountain landscape.
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Credit lineSalomo's oordeel. c. 1550 - c. 1575. Hans Jamnitzer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.