Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770
The Judgment of Solomon
fresco (360 × 655 cm) — 1726 - 1729
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo biography
This work is linked to 1 Kings 3:25
Art and the Bible - 1 Kings 3 - Old Testament
1 Kings 3 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2
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Two women claim to be the mother of a child; one of them really is the mother, the other has just lost her child. King Solomon sees that they are unable to reach an agreement, and rules that the child be divided between them - literally.
When the soldier raises his sword, one of the women drops her claim. She is the real mother, who puts the life of her child above all else.
This painting is one more of the large frescos Tiepolo made in the bishop's palace in Udine.
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