# The Judgment of Solomon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRAMER, Leonaert]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 79 x 103 cm ## Commentary This painting, now in poor condition, was inspired by Rubens's Judgment of Solomon, which was known from several versions and from <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bolswert/boetius/solomon.html'\)" href="/html/b/bolswert/boetius/solomon.html">Boetius Bolswert's engraving.</a> The original painting was executed by Rubens in 1615-17 for the Town Hall of Brussels; it burned in 1695. During the seventeenth century, courtrooms and similar chambers in the town halls of the Netherlands were usually decorated with images of justice, the most common subject having been the Judgment of Solomon. However, Bramer's comparatively small painting was intended for private collectors. ## Related artworks - [Anchias Fleeing Troy with His Father and Son]() - [Christ among the Doctors]() - [Christ among the Doctors]() - [Concert of Angels \(recto\)]() - [Design for a wall decoration]() - [Figures in a Loggia]() - [Four Latin Fathers of the Church and Saints \(verso\)]() - [Jacob's Dream]() - [Joseph and Potiphar's Wife]() - [Journey of the Three Magi to Bethlehem]() - [Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss on His Horse]() - [Money Combats the World, the Flesh, and the Devil]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()