a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Artist: Frans Francken the Younger
 1620-1629    Painting

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The queen of Sheba is reported in the Book of Kings to have journeyed to Jerusalem to test King Solomon’s wisdom and see the splendor of his court. She was thought by some 17th-century European scholars to have come from Ethiopia and by others, from Arabia. Since the ancient kingdom of Sheba (Saba) on the Arabian Peninsula reestablished itself in what is now Ethiopia at least 3000 years ago, this is consistent with the tradition of the child conceived by the queen with Solomon as the ancestor of succeeding Ethiopian monarchs.

This oil on panel work measures H: 20 7/8 x W: 16 3/8 x D: 1/4 in.  It is housed in The Walters House Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

King’s College Chapel
 late 15th to early 16t Century    Stained Glass

Throughout the late 15th and early 16th centuries, a beautiful Gothic chapel was erected in the University of Cambridge's King's College. In addition to mesmerizing fan vaulting and a painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, King's College Chapel is famous for its treasure trove of narrative windows. The iconography featured in the splendid panes incorporates both religious and royal motifs and illustrates the artistic advancements of England's late Gothic period.