The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.

  • Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.
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1567/1605
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The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Antwerp], 1567/1605.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 20.4 x 27.6 cm

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Spiritus sapientiæ. Per me equidem regnant reges, et condere iura Ac leges soliti iustitiam statuunt. Proverb. VIII. 15. 16. Ioan. Stradanus inven<i>t. Adrian Collaert excud<it>.

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