The Judgement of Solomon
1500
oil
panel
From the collection of Uffizi Gallery
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Giorgione
Giorgione was a quiet voice in Venice around 1505, a city full of color and trade.
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oil
panel
From the collection of Uffizi Gallery
The Judgement of Solomon is a 1500 oil by Giorgione, a High Renaissance work, held at Uffizi Gallery.
The Judgement of Solomon is a painting by Giorgione. It's an oil paint work. The painting depicts a scene from the story of the Judgement of Solomon. This story has been a popular subject in art for centuries, and Giorgione's version is one of the most well-known. To learn more about the style and methods used in this painting, look up the technique of glazing.
The Judgment of Solomon is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione of the Judgement of Solomon created c. 1502–1505. It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi of Florence. The work is dimensionally and thematically similar to its Pendant painting Test of Fire of Moses, also in the Uffizi. It shows Solomon, King of the Jews, on the throne, with the court dignitaries and two women at his feet. The two women were both claiming the same child and had appealed to the King. Solomon's choice unmasked the faking one. Behind them are two large oaks which divide the landscape into two…
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Giorgione was a quiet voice in Venice around 1505, a city full of color and trade.
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