The Judgement of Solomon is an oil on panel painting by Flemish painter Frans Floris.
Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting that the baby be cut in two, with each woman to receive half.
With this strategy, Solomon was able to determine the non-mother as the woman who backed this proposal (saying, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it),[2] while the actual mother begged that the sword be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival (O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!
Typical of Floris' early work is the overcrowded composition with figures that are rather stiffly next to each other in the foreground without any openings to the depth.
The painter tried to reproduce the ancient architecture and clothing as accurately as possible on the basis of his studies from Italian albums of drawings.