Recto Solomon at the Death-bed of David

This pen-and-ink drawing depicts the biblical transition of power between the first two kings of Israel. The elderly David reclines beneath a draped canopy, while Solomon sits crowned in profile as a group of robed courtiers observes from behind. The scene is set within a classical interior marked by tall arches.

Solomon is a foundational figure in Western esotericism, regarded as the archetypal magus and the architect of the Temple, a central symbol in Kabbalah and Hermetic thought. This scene depicts the transmission of the 'Solomonic' wisdom that Renaissance thinkers sought to reconcile with Neoplatonic and Christian traditions.