De Nicavla Aethiopvm Regina · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Nicavla Aethiopvm Regina
Subject: Solomon; Wisdom; Balsam; Famous Women
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Ethiopia
Description: Nicaula was a woman born from barbarousness, but grew to be extremely respectable. She was known for her especially good conduct. When Nicaula heard of the wisdom of Solomon, she decided to cross the known world to meet him. The image depicts Nicaula meeting Solomon, before asking him many difficult questions and offering him splended gifts. Books burn in the background as Nicaula said that Solomons vast knowledge was a gift from God rather than something gained from study.
Image Creator: Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut engraving
Identifier: mta:18562
Language: lat
Source Name: Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1539 Apiarius; 1539 Apiarius
Image: mta_18562_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Solomon; Wisdom; Balsam; Famous Women