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 head downwards, while the true mother, in the background, hastens to save it, and the false one kneels, in the foreground, with arms outstretched and head turned as if appealing to Solomon. Painted in 1511. Engraved by R. Wibert; Anderloni.—Passavant, ii. 90; Müntz, 348.

Judgment of Solomon, Nicolas Poussin, Louvre, Paris.

By Paolo Veronese, Bridgewater House, London; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 8 ft. 9 in. Composition of 21 figures. Solomon on his throne in the court of his palace; executioner, holding the child by one leg, is about to divide it, when the true mother interferes. Bought from Orléans Gallery for 60 guineas.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 498; Stafford Gal., ii. Pl. 28.

SOLOMON, SOLOMON J., born in England, contemporary. Figure and portrait painter. Exhibits at Royal Academy. Works: Portrait (1881); Ruth (1884); Love's First Lesson (1885); Cassandra (1886).

SOMER, PAULUS VAN, born in Antwerp about 1570, died in London in 1621 or 1624. Flemish school; portrait painter, of truthful and lively conception, warm and clear colouring, and careful execution; went to England about 1606. Works: Portrait of James I., Windsor Castle; do., and Queen Ann of Denmark, Hampton Court Gallery; Portrait of Lord Bacon, Earl Cowper's Collection, Panshanger House; Charles I. as a Young Prince, Copenhagen Gallery.—Kramm, v. 1541; Nagler, xvii. 57.

SOMERS, LOUIS JEAN, born in Antwerp in 1813. Genre painter, pupil of Ferdinand de Braekeleer, then studied in Paris and Italy. Works: Interior with Merry People, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam; Two Ladies in a Room busy with Flowers, Darmstadt Museum; Boy with Sleigh in a Winter Landscape, Fürstenberg Gallery, Donaueschingen; Cromwell discovering Conspiracy against his Life (1837), Leipsic Museum; Misery and Wealth (1860); Meditation (1861); Monks in a Sacristy; The Orphan; Family Concert.—Immerzeel, iii. 99.