{"id":5414,"date":"2009-06-01T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2009-06-01T11:30:27","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T16:30:27","slug":"art-history-mystery-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/06\/art-history-mystery-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Art History Mystery, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5417\" title=\"figure-2\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/figure-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"figure-2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>In the previous post, I detailed how the figure to the left of Moses must be Sir William Blackstone. I had thought that the figure to the right of Moses was King Solomon. The iconography of the throne, crown, royal purple, and scales all point to Solomon. However, this figure is beardless, and artists have traditionally depicted Solomon as a bearded, often old, king (<em>see<\/em>, <em>e.g.<\/em>, a ninth-century German <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b7\/Ingobertus_001.jpg\">illuminated Bible,<\/a> and Renaissance depictions such as the panel of Solomon meeting the Queen of Sheba <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Saabaghiberti.jpg\">panel<\/a> from Ghiberti\u2019s famed \u201cGolden Doors\u201d of the Florentine Baptistry, and also the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Piero_della_Francesca-_Legend_of_the_True_Cross_-_the_Queen_of_Sheba_Meeting_with_Solomon;_detail.JPG\">fresco<\/a> by Piero della Fransceca in Arezzo). On the other hand, artists from later centuries did portray the famous ruler as clean-shaven (<em>see<\/em>, <em>e.g.<\/em>, this 18<span style=\"font-size: small;\">t<span style=\"font-size: small;\">h-<\/span><\/span>century Russian <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:King-Solomon-Russian-icon.jpg\">icon<\/a>, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Judgement_of_Solomon.jpg\">engraving<\/a> by the 19<span style=\"font-size: small;\">th-<\/span>century master Gustav Dor\u00e9).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>However, noticeably absent from the stained glass was any iconography of a sword (cf. \u2018splitting the baby\u2019 from <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">1 Kings 3:16-28).<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"> <\/span><span>A fellow law student held that the figure was really King David.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>One authority, though, holds that the figure is neither David nor Solomon. During his spring 2008 visit to the law school, Judge Pryor of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, who had identified Blackstone, offered <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Justice\">Lady Justice<\/a> as the likely candidate. This would account for the beardlessness, and the classic imagery of the scales is present. However, absent are the iconic sword and blindfold, and Lady Justice usually is not crowned. It\u2019s a tough call. I welcome feedback to solve this art history mystery\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous post, I detailed how the figure to the left of Moses must be Sir William Blackstone. I had thought that the figure to the right of Moses was King Solomon. The iconography of the throne, crown, royal purple, and scales all point to Solomon. 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