Lucas van Leyden1512

De afgoderij van Salomo

King Solomon, led astray in his later years, bows before foreign altars as his many wives turn his heart from the Lord who had granted him wisdom (1 Kings 3, 11). An engraving by the Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden (1512).

De afgoderij van Salomo by Lucas van Leyden depicting 1 Kings 3
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About Lucas van Leyden

1494-1533 · Netherlandish

Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden