Sulemani Ampokea Malkia wa Sheba

Gustave Doré · 1866 (designs for La Sainte Bible, Tours); this printing 1873–1874
Maktaba ya Taifa ya Poland, Warsaw

Doré aliwaza baraza la Sulemani kama mchanganyiko wa Misri na Ashuru — vichwa vya nguzo vya yungiyungi, duara zenye mabawa, vinyago vilivyochongwa — kama wasanii wengi wa karne yake walivyoiwaza Mashariki ya kale. Picha ilitengenezwa kwa ajili ya Biblia ya Tours ya mwaka 1866.

Malkia amesimama chini ya ngazi za kiti cha enzi, mrefu na mtulivu, mkia mrefu wa vazi lake ukishikwa na kijana mtumishi. Sulemani amesimama juu ya ngazi na kunyoosha mkono wake kumsalimu. Msafara wake umesongamana nyuma na vyombo na ngamia, na watazamaji wanatazama kutoka roshani iliyo juu sana.

Kutoka maandiko

Alikuja “kumjaribu kwa maswali magumu” (1 Wafalme 10:1)

Alikuja “na msafara mrefu, pamoja na ngamia waliokuwa wamebeba mizigo ya manukato, dhahabu nyingi, na mawe mengi ya thamani” (1 Wafalme 10:2)

Akamwendea Sulemani (1 Wafalme 10:2)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Jumba la kifalme lenye mapambo ya Kimisri na Kiashuru, na duara zenye mabawa juu ya milango

Kijana mtumishi akibeba mkia mrefu wa vazi la malkia

Watazamaji wakitazama chini kutoka roshani ya juu

Maelezo ya karibu

Malkia wa Sheba

Amesimama akiwa na joho refu na taji chini ya ngazi.

Sulemani

Mfalme amesimama kando ya kiti chake cha enzi na kunyoosha mkono wake.

Zawadi

Watumishi wake wanaingiza vyombo.

Roshani

Watazamaji wanatazama kutoka matao yaliyo juu sana ya ukumbi.

Gustave Doré, French, 1832–1883. National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa), Warsaw — «Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu», vol. 1, Warsaw: M. Glücksberg, 1873 (acc. 75.267 A), tabl. 94 · Wood engraving after Gustave Doré’s design · National Library of Poland (Polona): the record of the volume gives the licence «Domena Publiczna» (Public Domain), «copyrightProtected»: false; the scan was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the library itself («Polona Upload», GLAM-Wiki partnership: “This file was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of a GLAM-Wiki partnership between the National Library of Poland and Wikimedia Polska”), linking its Polona record.