Minneapolis Institute of Art
Judgment of Solomon, From Stories of the Old Testament
Georg PenczLinkedCulture matchlcp-b6b1699b2472
- Date
- c. 1531
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 121284
Old Testament stories proliferated in Germany’s climate of religious reform—in prints, plays, and preaching. Protestant leader Martin Luther prized their simple lessons of suffering, faith, and civic virtue. Here two women claim that a child is theirs (1 Kings 3:16-27). King Solomon threatens to slice the child in two, at which point one woman gives up her claim, proving herself to be the real mother. The triangular composition reinforces the strength of Solomon’s authority. Europe
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- Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrus
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