Salomon Koninck

David Playing the Harp for King Saul



Salomon Koninck - David Playing the Harp for King Saul



Salomon Koninck
David Playing the Harp for King Saul
c. 1638-40
109 x 87 cm
Oil on panel
Staatliches Museum, Schwerin


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler III, Landau/Pfalz, 1986, nr. 1080

Literature
Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. III-112


Iconclass

71H153 Saul casts his spear at David when the latter is playing his harp before the king (1 Samuel 18:11)

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