Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon
1601/50
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin and plain weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, silk 2:2 twill oblique interlaced tapes, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal strips, coils, wires and paillettes in satin, single satin, raised stem and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work and couching; feathers; glass beads and seed pearls
38.8 × 6.4 cm (15.3 × 2.5 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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