Solomon's verdict

Title

Solomon's verdict

Draughtsman

• Giovanni da San Giovanni ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben mittig: Ec. Florentino; unten links N: 4 / N: 11 // Gio. da St. Giovanni // Lit. 9
Verso unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Solomon (king of Israel)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, 1. Könige 3

Primary

• 71I325 Solomon gives verdict; he commands a soldier to divide the living child in two

Alternative Attribution

• Giovanni Battista Vanni draughtsman; by note on mount