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Solomon Worshipping an Idol, Hans Burgkmair — Solomon Worshipping an Idol, c. 1519
Hans Burgkmair
Woodcut
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926 P.10,601
Not on View
Hans Burgkmair's debt to the Italian Renaissance is evident in this border, filled with grotesques and frolicking nudes. Solomon's tastes were similarly exotic: his wives, many of them "foreign," included 700 princesses and 300 concubines (I Kings 11: 1-13). This woodcut emphasizes the amorous old king's helplessness in the face of female blandishments: the false god he worships resembles the crafty pagan wife who convinces him to commit this sacrilege.

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Title: Solomon Worshipping an Idol
Dated: c. 1519
Artist: Hans Burgkmair
Nationality: German
Artist Life: 1473–1531
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 8 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (22.23 x 15.72 cm) (sheet)
Credit: Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926
Accession Number: P.10,601
Medium: Woodcut
Country: Germany
Century: 16th century
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Catalogue Raisonne: Ill. B.4, 201; Holl. 3 iia/iib
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