A Wikipedia article on Solomon, recording the biblical account of the Queen of Sheba, who heard of Solomon's fame and visited him bearing gifts of gold, spices and precious stones, receiving in turn all she desired of him. The article notes the episode became the subject of extensive legendary expansion and remained a recurring subject in art, naming Edward Poynter's 1890 painting of the visit as one example.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm the biblical account of the Queen of Sheba's visit and the episode's standing as a recurring artistic subject, independently corroborated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own catalogue naming and describing an actual panel of that scene. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names The Queen of Sheba directly: "recording the biblical account of the Queen of Sheba, who heard of Solomon's fame and visited him bearing gifts of gold, spices and precious stones, receiving in turn all she desired of him."
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This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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