print
- Museum number
- 1855,0609.452
- Title
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Object: Le jugement de Salomon
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Series: Galerie du Palais Royal
- Description
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Judgement of Solomon, after Veronese, with Solomon on a raised throne at left, at centre the executioner holding the living child, the two mothers on either side and pleading their case; a crowd attending the judgement, to right and in the background; with engraved text below. 1786/1808
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1786-1808 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 417 millimetres
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Width: 291 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From the second volume of 'Galerie du Palais Royal', a set published between 1786 and 1808; see 1837,0408.317 for comment.
Painting in the collection of Mrs Michael Freeman, Detroit; the right end of the canvas has been cut, but it is still visible on this plate. The painting is attributed to Veronese, with the possible intervention of his studio. See Pignatti & Pedrocco, 'Veronese', Milan 1995, cat. No.A 14, p.507.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1855,0609.452
