The Bible In Paintings: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 3

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The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

QUEEN OF SHEBA ORCHID, genus Thelymitra

1st KINGS
CHAPTER 10

When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard. How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! PRAISE BE TO THE LORD YOUR GOD, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of THE LORD’S ETERNAL LOVE FOR ISRAEL, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

And she gave the king 120 talents b of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

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PAUWELS CASTEELS
"The Queen of Sheba before King Salomon"

56
GERARD HOET
"The Meeting of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon"

57
FRANS FRANCKEN the Younger
"King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

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XAVERY GESKI
"The Queen of Sheba Meeting with Solomon"

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NICOLAS VLEUGHELS
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

61
TINTORETTO
"The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon"

62
FRANCESCO DEL COSSA
"The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

63
"Queen of Sheba"

64
"Solomon and Sheba"

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MARTHA NESIBU
"Reine de Saba"

66
EDWARD SLOCOMBE
"Queen of Sheba"

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ELENA KOTLIARKER
"The Queen of Sheba"

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JACOB WILLEMSZ DE WET the Elder
"The Queen Of Sheba before King Solomon"

69
RONNELL WILLIAMS
"The Queen of Sheba"

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JANICE HEINZELMAN
"Queen of Sheba"

71
HELLEN KEERU
"Queen of Sheba"

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JOACHIM VON SANDRART
"Queen of Sheba Offers Gifts to Solomon"

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JACQUES STELLA
"Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba"

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PIETRO DA CORTONA
"Salomon et la Reine de Saba"

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BONIFACIO DE' PITATI
"Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon"

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EUSTACHE LE SUEUR
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

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JOHANN FRIEDRICH AUGUST TISCHBEIN
"The Queen of Sheba Kneeling before King Solomon"

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"King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

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"King Solomon Meeting the Queen of Sheba"

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"The Queen of Sheba & Solomon"

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"Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba"

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"King Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba"

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"Queen of Sheba and Solomon"

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"Salomon et de la Reine de Saba"

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"Queen of Sheba Brings Gifts"<

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HEATON, BUTLER and BAYNE
"The Visit of the Queen of Sheba"br>

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SOLOMON'S WOMEN
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 1
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 2
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 3
SOLOMON’S 700 WIVES, ETC., ETC., ETC.

[Red Badger]

3000 YEARS AND HER NAME IS STILL SYNONYMOUS WITH EXPENSIVE STUFF................

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She has an enduring fame.

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[Red Badger]

Jesus mentioned her in a prophecy and referred to her as ‘The Queen of The South’, IIRC..................

[wbarmy]

It still amazes me how many renaissance painters thought Sheba was white. Although I disagree historically with the painters who painted her as being all colors of the rainbow, she was African and ran an African kingdom.

[Red Badger]

Mostly true. Renaissance painters and most medieval painters were trying to show their European audiences the gist of the story by putting the characters in local garb, so they could understand the situations better. Most Europeans north of the Mediterranean had never seen a black person, and those that had were afraid of them becaus ethe ones they saw were Moors, Islamic North Africans...............

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Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

[etabeta]

Some nice illustrations and paintings. Of note for me: #62 by Francesco del Cossa. Striking colors, architectural symmetry, I like the difference between the Queen’s disciplined assistants and the men behind Solomon who are talking to each other or wandering. Cossa was an influential painter of the 15th c. Italian Renaissance.
#66 by the British artist Slocombe whose work was popular at the end of the 19th c. He was also a notable etcher.
# 76, by the French Le Soeur, famous for his paintings of religious subjects. We met him previously with the splendid painting of The Rape of Tamar.
Ending with the stained glass windows, especially #80 and #86, remarkably beautiful.

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I especially like the composition of the last one, #86: every square inch promotes the theme. Might be my favorite fenster ever, although that’s a bit like singling out one’s favorite child.

[Red Badger]

Yep! That’s the One!.................

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I like Jesus’ candor with his “greater than Solomon” self-referral.

[etabeta]

Mine too, such a magnificent work and the artist is unknown, just an artist from the studio.

“The window was created in memory of the church’s one-time chaplain, the Reverend Alfred Brown-Watson, who served in a military campaign in the Sudan – which was near the ancient kingdom of Sheba.”

https://loandbeholdbible.com/2018/02/09/the-visit-of-the-queen-of-sheba-1-kings-101-13/

[wbarmy]

And I totally agree with that idea, but the bible was pretty clear in her ancestry. I just feel that they would have been more faithful to the narrative and to the spirit if they had tried to show the truth.

But yes, the Moors were a whole different discussion in and of themselves.

Is it true?

Moors and Sicilians

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How clever and considerate to honor the soldier’s service so appropriately.

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