King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Master of Lecceto (active ca. 1450-1475)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1450-1475

Height:

52.7 cm  (20 3/4 in.)

Width:

178.1 cm  (70 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood, embossed and gilt ornament

School:

Italian

Description

Left side: the Queen of Sheba departing on her journey; among the large group of people on the queen's cart are two men blowing straight trumpets, a woman playing lute (four strings depicted), another woman playing harp (with nine strings), and two other women singing from music (not legible); right side: the queen is received by King Solomon; on the cart the same musicians and singers, but another position.

People as subjects

Solomon, King of Israel
Sheba, Queen of

Iconclass

71I33
Solomon and the queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10:1-3; 2 Chronicles 9:1-9)
71I331
the queen of Sheba comes to Solomon with a train of camels loaded with gifts

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556] (Two trumpets)
Lute [3394] (Four strings/courses)
Harp [3285] (Nine strings)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3698