The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon
ArtistEdward Poynter
Year1890
MediumOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions234.5 cm × 350.5 cm (92.3 in × 138.0 in)
LocationArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon is an 1890 history painting by the British artist Edward Poynter.[1] It depicts the biblical scene of the Queen of Sheba at the court of the Israeli King Solomon.[2] The work was widely discussed as being Poynter's masterpiece and praised for its "archaeological accuracy".[3] Today the painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, having been purchased in 1892.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hollander p.303
  2. ^ Moser p.51-52
  3. ^ Goldhill p.71
  4. ^ Art Gallery of New South Wales

Bibliography

  • Goldhill, Simon. The Buried Life of Things. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
  • Hollander, Anne. Seeing Through Clothes. University of California Press, 1993.
  • Moser, Stephanie. Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long. Oxford University Press, 2020.
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