Relief with the Judgment of Solomon in the Court of the Town Hall on the Dam

Relief with the Judgment of Solomon in the Court of the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam. King Solomon, from his throne, points with his staff at a kneeling woman with a baby, while an executioner is about to divide the child in two. Solomon had given the executioner this order after two women came to him, both claiming motherhood of the child. When the executioner raised his sword, the real mother offered to give up the child, whereupon Solomon knew who the real mother was. The Court was a public court of justice used by the sheriff and aldermen solely for pronouncing death sentences. Below the representation two columns with three lines of Latin text each. In the center at the bottom marked: A.