Lid of a Snuffbox, Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Also known as: Deksel van een snuifdoos, Salomon ontvangt de koningin van Sheba
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1800
Single-sided. Obverse: crowned man with sceptre in hand seated on a throne; on his right a seated man and a standing man, on the left a soldier holding a spear; before him stands a woman, accompanied by two other women.
Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4376; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); measurements diameter 6.7 cm x weight 11.78 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.7 cm x weight 11.78 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.7 cm x weight 11.78 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned man with sceptre in hand seated on a throne; on his right a seated man and a standing man, on the left a soldier holding a spear; before him stands a woman, accompanied by two other women.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Deksel van een snuifdoos, Salomon ontvangt de koningin van Sheba
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4376
- Museum classification
- lid · snuffbox
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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