# The Judgment of Solomon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIORGIONE]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 89 x 72 cm ## Commentary The Judgment of Solomon c. 1505 Oil on wood, 89 x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Giorgione depicted the celebrated story of Solomon's wisdom in one of two pendant paintings. The great king has declared that the living child be - literary - divided between the women claiming him. The babe's mother will cede the child, rather than see him die. An elusive figure, Giorgione made odd works: here the landscape occupies more than half the panel. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Frieze in the main hall \(detail\)]() - [Judith \(detail\)]() - [Judith]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()