Crowded painted courtyard with elegantly dressed figures in procession before a seated figure in gold robe, armored soldiers at right, classical buildings behind.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, procession with gifts

A crowded Renaissance-style courtyard fills this painting, with elegantly dressed women and men in a procession before a seated figure in a gold-embroidered robe. Armored soldiers stand at the right, while a dancing woman in a pink dress and a group of figures in the foreground fill the left side, with classical buildings and towers behind.

Artist: circle of Jan van Scorel
Date: 1540-1545
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 1950 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1545.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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