La reine de Saba, accompagnée de deux sauvages, offre au roi Salomon une branche de balsame · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La reine de Saba, accompagnée de deux sauvages, offre au roi Salomon une branche de balsame
Subject: Nicaula; Offering; Wisdom; Balsam
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Jerusalem; Ethiopia
Description: Nicaula, also referred to as Saba, wears a blue gown and holds out a branch of balsam. It is an offering to King Solomon as she stops to see him on her travels. King Solomon is seated in a throne, very impressed with Nicaula. The men standing behind Nicaula are considered savages as they are from Ethiopia – the land that she rules.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20023
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20023_OBJ.png