The Judgment of Solomon

King Solomon sits on his throne and renders a judgment on a dispute between two prostitutes, both of whom had given birth to a child. The dead child lies on the ground before Solomon; the living child, claimed by both mothers, is held by a man with a sword. This man receives Solomon's order to divide the child in two, but this goes too far for the real mother; she begs him to let her child live. Biblical verse below the image. Print is part of an album.