Solomon's Idolatry

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Solomon's Idolatry

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Date
1514
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
54239

This engraving demonstrates the Netherlandish love of allusion. As Solomon's wife urges him to worship a pagan idol, her finger appears to touch the nose of a man in the crowd, perhaps a visual joke about her leading Solomon around by the nose. The pillar, a traditional symbol of spiritual fortitude, fails to block a young man's view of Solomon's folly. As for the idol, it is a lusty satyr with an unsteady perch on fickle Fortune's globe. Netherlands, Europe

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Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926

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