The Bible In Paintings: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, Part 2

[Hebrews 11:6]

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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WILLEM DE POORTER
"Queen of Sheba"

29
JAMES TISSOT
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

30
JAMES TISSOT
"Entry of the Queen of Sheba"

31
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PITTONI The Younger
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

32
BONIFAZIO VERONESE
"The Queen of Sheba with King Solomon"

33
ADRIAEN VAN STALBEMT
"King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

34
TIEPOLO
"The Queen of Sheba Meets King Solomon"

35
JUAN DE LA CORTE
"The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

36
Source

37
ERASMUS QUELLINUS II
"The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon"

38
DIRCK VAN DELEN
"King Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba at His Court"

39
MATTIA PRETI
"The Gifts of the Queen of Sheba"

40
Source

41
"King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba"

42
Source

43
VERONESE
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

44
"Queen of Sheba and King Solomon"

45
GERHARD HUBER
"The Queen of Sheba and Solomon"

46
KONRAD WITZ
"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

47
"The Queen of Sheba"

48
Source

49
"Queen of Sheba"

50
PAUL VREDEMAN DE VRIES
"The Queen of Sheba before Solomon"

51
SHALOM MOSKOVITCH
"The Queen of Sheba before King Solomon"

52
ERTÉ
"Queen of Sheba"

53
LEANDRO BASSANO
"The Queen of Sheba before King Solomon"

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"The Queen Of Sheba"

To be continued…

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[etabeta]

Great Tissot! #46, just because I love Northern Renaissance art. A beautiful mosaic at #54. Thanks, Dan!

[NorthMountain]

Very nice. I particularly like #29 and #45. 45 especially captures it for me ... both Solomon and the Queen “look right”, to me, and Solomon seems to me to be greeting her as an equal.

#53 ... What’s with the guard? Bored? Passed out drunk? The two children and the man behind him are all giving the “what’s your malfunction?” look.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Alba, is that his title now, “Great Tissot”? Works for me!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Good question. Wondered about that, too. Perhaps it’s merely a shout-out of the artist’s drunkard brother-in-law, or something.

[null and void]

41 and 45 look right to me.

[InkStone]

Thank you for this posting Dan.
I learn a great deal from the other posters too. Appreciate all comments.
Good day to all.

[InkStone]

“Perhaps it’s merely a shout-out of the artist’s drunkard brother-in-law...”
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LOL LOLOLOL Dan. Might be true

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

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Morning, Leon. Viewers’ comments always enlighten me, too, especially because I know so very little about art.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Mary-Lou! Always, always a pleasure.

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It certainly is front-and-center. Quite a statement about something....

[Maudeen]

What an orchid!

Queen of Sheba These beautiful orchids are only found in Western Australia where they are one of this State’s most protected species. They cannot be picked or transplanted and can only be viewed in their natural habitat. They have a special relationship with a specific soil fungus and therefore cannot survive outside of that environment. http://orchidswa.com.au/thelymitra-sun-orchids/queen-of-sheba/

[Hebrews 11:6]

You may look all you want, Pat, but no picking!

[Maudeen]

LOL

[spankalib]

#52 by Erte is very symmetrical. Symmetry in human features is often recognized across cultures as "beauty".

Look at the way he did the hair...perfectly spiraled opposites (start at the middle forehead)...and an imaginative way to draw negroid hair...just excellent.

And then he 'set off' the symmetry with the odd-numbered 5 stars on the face, and the head is 'turning' left, so the neck lines are different.

Just a creative/genius way to give 'life' to symmetry, very subtle!

Being a fan of art deco styles...(in architecture, what building do you immediately think of?)...I'm inclined to like #52 anyway by default!

[Hebrews 11:6]

I'm with you about Erté's portrait. You walked us through
its finer points--its symmetry and subtlety--quite nicely,
but you neglected, John, to explain
her very blue eyes.

The art-deco edifice I thought of immediately was NYC's Chrysler Building. And you?

[spankalib]

LOL! When you see blue eyes in a black female...correction, when I see blue eyes in a black female...it is beautiful! Just a striking contrast!

Chrysler - EGGGZACLY!

[Rebelbase]

There are a lot of clothing anachronisms in a lot of the paintings.