Multitudo sapientium est sanitas orbis terrarum, et rex sapiens populi stabilimentum, sap. 6 [graphic] / H. Holbein inu. ; W. Hollar fecit.

Multitudo sapientium est sanitas orbis terrarum, et rex sapiens populi stabilimentum, sap. 6 [graphic] / H. Holbein inu. ; W. Hollar fecit.

Pennington title: Solomon and the queen of Sheba

Londini : [s.n.], 1642.

1 print : etching ; platemark 249 x 184 mm

paper

Solomon on a high throne in c. Behind him is a curtain inscribed with four lines in Latin. On each side is a pillar and a pilaster and between those on each side is a three-line Latin inscription. The fifth and fourth steps are lettered in Latin on the risers. In c. stands the queen with ten handmaidens r. and c. Seven kneeling slaves on l. offer gifts.--Adapted from Pennington.

Exhibited: Impressions of Wenceslaus Hollar, curated by Rachel Doggett, Julie L. Biggs, and Carol Brobeck, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1996-February 3, 1997.

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 74

Great Britain -- England -- London.

ART 235- 939 (size S)

State 2 of 3.

235939