Palace on the Isle

This guide to the Palace on the Isle in Warsaw examines the Hall of Solomon, where King Stanisław August Poniatowski had his court painter Bacciarelli give every Biblical King Solomon his own face, finished between 1791 and 1793. It traces why Solomon's reputation for wisdom and peace mattered to this king, and the Thursday-evening dinners he held in the same palace with dozens of writers and philosophers. The paintings on view in the hall today are later copies of the originals.