File:Hans Holbein d. J. - Solomon and the Queen of Sheba - WGA11616.jpg
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Hans Holbein the Younger: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q48319 |
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Title |
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: miniature; Old Testament story of the Queen of Sheba visiting King Solomon, to see if reports of his wisdom are true, King Solomon is a portrait of Henry VIII |
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Date |
circa 1534 date QS:P571,+1534-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
English: Brown and grey wash, blue, red and green bodycolour, white heightening, gold, and pen and black ink over metal point on vellum |
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Dimensions |
height: 22.9 cm (9 in); width: 18.3 cm (7.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,18.3U174728 |
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Collection |
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Accession number |
RL 12188 |
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Object history |
English: presented to Henry VIII |
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Inscriptions |
English: Inscribed in the foreground REGINA SABA (Queen of Sheba); and on either side of the throne BEATI VIRI TVI ... ET BEATI SERVI HI TVI / QVI ASSISTVNT CORAM TE ... OMNITPE ET AVDIVNT / SAPIENTIAM ... TVAM (Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom: II Chronicles 9: 7); on the curtain behind Solomon SIT DOMINVS DEVS TVVS BENEDICTVS, / CVI COMPLACIT IN TE, VT PONERET TE / SVPER THRONVM SVVM, VT ESSES REX / CONSTITVTVS DOMINO DEO TVO (Blessed be the Lord thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee upon his throne to be King elected by the Lord thy God: adapted from II Chronicles 9: 8); on the steps VICISTI FAMAM / VIRTVTIBVS TVIS (By your virtues you have exceeded your reputation: II Chronicles 9: 6) |
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References | Royal Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/3miniatu/1solomon.html" |
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