Cassone panel with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Title
Cassone panel with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Creator
Master of Lecceto
Date
1450–75(?)
Contributor
Caroline Newhoff
Rights
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
painting
Language
Inscribed (base): [QV]ESTA SIE LASTORIA QVANDO LAREINA SABA ANDO AVDIRE LASAPIENTIA DELRE [S]ALAMONE INGIERVSALEM (This is the story of when the Queen of Sheba went to hear the wisdom of Solomon in Jerusalem)
Type
still image
Original Format
Tempera on wood, embossed with gilt ornament
Physical Dimensions
52.7 x 178.1 cm
Files
Citation
Master of Lecceto, “Cassone panel with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba,” Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Modern Italian Art, accessed February 21, 2025, http://othersinearlymodernitaly.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/372.