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David Playing the Harp Before Saul
Engraved by: Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
After: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
After: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.7 x 29.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1063
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) 477[?]
Signed
In plate, within image, lower left: Joan. Stradanum inuentor; lower center: Adrian. Collaert Sculp.; right of center: Phls Galle excudit
Marks
Verso, in iron gall ink, two separate, handwritten names: Thider [?] and Colleese [?]
InscriptionsIn lower margin, lower left: Dira Saul patitur furijs vexatus, at vna/Regius exorto puer est medicina dolori:; lower center: Illi ubi se citharæ Musæq accinxit, et imam/Imperiosa sono tetigerunt carmina mentem,; lower right: Ocyus Eumenidum siluit furor, et sua motu/Horrida pacato tormenta remisit Erinnys./2.Reg. cap.[?]; lower left: 6