The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Meeting of Solomon and Queen of Sheba

late 1600s-1747

Francesco Solimena

(Italian, 1657–1747)
Italy, 18th century
black chalk
Sheet: 18.9 x 27.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle 2009.151
Location: Not on view
  • Ex collection: {P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1962).
    Aware of the Cleveland Museum of Art's fine collection of Italian and French drawings, Joseph McCrindle has given five sheets, five Italian and one French, to the CMA. Please see no. 1 for ex collections.
  • Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) e Le Arti a Napoli. Edited by Nicola Spinosa. Roma: Ugo Bozzi editore s.r.l., 2018. Mentioned and reproduced: p.192, n.D77
  • Frederick A. Den Broeder, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle, exh. cat., The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1991, no. 54.
  • {{cite web|title=Meeting of Solomon and Queen of Sheba|url=false|author=Francesco Solimena|year=late 1600s-1747|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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