The Visit Of The Queen Of Sheba To King Solomon

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The Visit Of The Queen Of Sheba To King Solomon

Artist

Eric Glaser

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

"The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon"

Artist: Sir Edward John Poynter (British, 1836-1919)

Title: The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon

Genre: Religious art

Date: 1890

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: Height: 2,345 mm (92.32 in); Width: 3,505 mm (11.49 ft)

Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Painting History: Thomas McLean Gallery (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Thomas McLean Gallery 1892. Purchased by Thomas McLean from the artist 1890.

Inscriptions: Signed and dated l.r., brown oil "18 EJP [monogram] 90".

When contemplating this picture it is useful to bear in mind that the second half of the nineteenth century was a period remarkable for archaeological researches and discoveries, especially by English expeditions. The British Museum was a treasure house of antiquities increasingly valued by artists as a reference library. Egypt and the Middle East replaced Greece and Italy as the focus of curiosity. 'The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon' can be contextualised against a craze for orientalist narratives in literature, music and visual art. The wildly composite architectural system of Solomon's temple is reprised in the frame, which bridges the temporal and spatial distance between viewer and subject. The artist has been so obsessed with the accuracy of his details, however, that the figures seem somewhat doll-like. Trained in Paris under Gleyre, Poynter was at heart a Salonist for whom artistry resided in weight of detail rather than dramatic synthesis.

Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet GCVO, PRA was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy.

Text Credit: Art Gallery NSW, Google Arts & Culture

This is a Google Art Project image, thank you Google!

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Additional image editing by Eric Glaser

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