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Hans Holbein the Younger: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
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artist QS:P170,Q48319
Title
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
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
Date circa 1534
date QS:P571,+1534-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: Brown and grey wash, blue, red and green bodycolour, white heightening, gold, and pen and black ink over metalpoint on vellum
Dimensions height: 22.9 cm (9 in); width: 18.3 cm (7.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,18.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RL 12188
Object history
English: presented to Henry VIII
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)
Source/Photographer Royal Collection
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