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The Judgement of Solomon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
King Solomon sits on his throne and renders his judgment. Before the throne the two women who both claim motherhood of the living child. On the ground lies the dead child. Solomon orders the living baby to be cut in two to determine who is the mother of the child. A man draws his sword and holds the child, but the real mother clutches the child and begs to let it live. Below the scene two four-line verses in Latin and a reference to the biblical text in 1 Kings 3.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOordeel van Salomo. 1606. Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
