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head downwards, while the true mother, in the background, hastens to save it, and the false one kneels, in the foreground, with arms outstretched and head turned as if appealing to Solomon. Painted in 1511. Engraved by R. Wibert; Anderloni.—Passavant, ii. 90; Müntz, 348.
Judgment of Solomon, Nicolas Poussin, Louvre, Paris.
By Paolo Veronese, Bridgewater House, London; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 8 ft. 9 in. Composition of 21 figures. Solomon on his throne in the court of his palace; executioner, holding the child by one leg, is about to divide it, when the true mother interferes. Bought from Orléans Gallery for 60 guineas.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 498; Stafford Gal., ii. Pl. 28.
SOLOMON, SOLOMON J., born in England,
contemporary. Figure and portrait
painter. Exhibits at Royal Academy.
Works: Portrait (1881); Ruth (1884); Love's
First Lesson (1885); Cassandra (1886).
SOMER, PAULUS VAN, born in Antwerp
about 1570, died in London in 1621
or 1624. Flemish school; portrait painter,
of truthful and lively conception, warm and
clear colouring, and careful execution; went
to England about 1606. Works: Portrait
of James I., Windsor Castle; do., and Queen
Ann of Denmark, Hampton Court Gallery;
Portrait of Lord Bacon, Earl Cowper's Collection,
Panshanger House; Charles I. as
a Young Prince, Copenhagen Gallery.—Kramm,
v. 1541; Nagler, xvii. 57.
SOMERS, LOUIS JEAN, born in Antwerp
in 1813. Genre painter, pupil of Ferdinand
de Braekeleer, then studied in Paris
and Italy. Works: Interior with Merry
People, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam; Two
Ladies in a Room busy with Flowers, Darmstadt
Museum; Boy with Sleigh in a Winter
Landscape, Fürstenberg Gallery, Donaueschingen;
Cromwell discovering Conspiracy
against his Life (1837), Leipsic Museum;
Misery and Wealth (1860); Meditation
(1861); Monks in a Sacristy; The Orphan;
Family Concert.—Immerzeel, iii. 99.