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The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, accession 32.100.56a-d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art collection record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for a set of altarpiece panels including "The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon," oil on oak, by the Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, a Netherlandish painter active in the late fifteenth century, circa 1480. The record gives the accession number 32.100.56a-d, each panel measuring roughly 36 3/4 by 17 5/8 inches, the classification Paintings, and the credit line The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. Solomon is shown enthroned, receiving the queen and her retinue of gifts.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437028
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
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1
The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its artist, medium, dimensions and accession number, its own title directly naming Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
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This source names The Queen of Sheba directly: "a set of altarpiece panels including "The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon," oil on oak, by the Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, a Netherlandish painter active in the late fifteenth..."

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  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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