Iconography

IMAGE OF THE BLACK ARCHIVE

Germany. 16th century

LITERATURE

Legends / Virgil the Magician / Virgil in the basket

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Solomon's idolatry and downfall (3 Kings 11) / Solomon, corrupted by his foreign wives, worships idols (3 Kings 11:4-5)

Further details

Embroidery, detail of wpc-wid-gumx

Artist or creator

Swiss

Date

1522

Location

Zürich, Landesmuseum

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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