A60/148

Václav Hollar (1607-1677)

SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

1642
Etching on paper, 248x186 mm, marked lower right "HHolbein incl: W.Hollar, fecit / Londini, ex Collectione Arundelia / 1642", lower left "Cum Privil Regis" and " Regina Saba" and by the lower edge "Multitudo sapientium est sanitas orbis terrarum et rex sapiens Populi stabilimentum, Sap: 6. / Henricus vander Borcht Excudit". Parthey Pennington No. P74. Engraved after painting by Hans Holbein the Younger from 1534, currently in the collections of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Holbein gave Solomon the form of King Henry VIII, who was his employer at the time.

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