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LARGE AKSUM PAINTING OF THE QUEEN OF SABA IN FRONT OF KING SOLOMON PARALLELED WITH THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI

(Ethiopia, 20th c.)
Magos Foundation Collection

The coming of the Queen of Sheba bringing gold, frankincense, and myrrh to King Solomon in Jerusalem has been compared over the centuries to the Adoration of the Magi. She is the only woman to be represented in religious art alongside the Magi.