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Solomon, seated in an architectural setting, the gaze fixed on three angels in a wreath of clouds above him. In front of him lies a crown - a reference to his kingship. In the middle plan and background scenes from Solomon's life: a man takes something from another man (probably an organ of a slaughtered animal, to read out the future), while groups of people raise their hands to heaven and fall to the ground in worship among cattle - references to Solomon's idolatry. Beneath the performance a two-line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight repentant sinners, each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner in question, below the performance two lines of text in Latin, Solomon as a repentant sinner Eight repentant sinners from the Old and New Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (attributed to), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 143 mm.

Solomon, seated in an architectural setting, the gaze fixed on three angels in a wreath of clouds above him. In front of him lies a crown - a reference to his kingship. In the middle plan and background scenes from Solomon's life: a man takes something from another man (probably an organ of a slaughtered animal, to read out the future), while groups of people raise their hands to heaven and fall to the ground in worship among cattle - references to Solomon's idolatry. Beneath the performance a two-line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight repentant sinners, each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner in question, below the performance two lines of text in Latin, Solomon as a repentant sinner Eight repentant sinners from the Old and New Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (attributed to), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 143 mm.
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Caption: Solomon, seated in an architectural setting, the gaze fixed on three angels in a wreath of clouds above him. In front of him lies a crown - a reference to his kingship. In the middle plan and background scenes from Solomon's life: a man takes something from another man (probably an organ of a slaughtered animal, to read out the future), while groups of people raise their hands to heaven and fall to the ground in worship among cattle - references to Solomon's idolatry. Beneath the performance a two-line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight repentant sinners, each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner in question, below the performance two lines of text in Latin, Solomon as a repentant sinner Eight repentant sinners from the Old and New Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (attributed to), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 143 mm
Personalities: ZACHARIAS DOLENDO
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 3869 × 5395 px | 59.7 MB
Print size: 32.8 × 45.7 cm | 1523.2 × 2124.0 in (300 dpi)