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The painting depicts Saul, the king of the Israelites. He is visually touched by the harp playing. The depicted situation comes from 1 Samuel 16:14-23 and 1 Samuel 18:8-11, in which King Saul is abandoned by the Holy Spirit, and God sends him an evil spirit. It taunts Saul, and only David's harp playing can relax him.
18 February 1909: bought by Frank R. Richardson (art dealer), London, at auction at Robinson & Fisher, London, from Eyre Esq. of The Lawn, Mudeford, Christchurch Date unknown: acquired by Dr. R. Heinemann (art dealer), Munich
English: David receiving Saul’s armor for his battle with Goliath (1 Samuel 17:38), one of six silver plates depicting early scenes of the life of David, Constantinople, c. 629-30, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 17.190.399 When Byzantine emperor Heraclius defeated Persian general Rhahzadh, Frankish writer Fredegar referred to Heraclius as someone who "advanced to the battle like a ...
David and Goliath (Italian: Davide e Golia) is an oil painting by the Venetian painter Titian. It was made in about 1542–1544 for the church of Santo Spirito , but is now in the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute .
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The Prophet Samuel foretells a new king will rule Israel to the dismay of King Saul and his cousin and commander in chief Abner.King Saul has been having a streak of bad luck since the Philistine captivity of the Ark and fears the newcomer but doesn't know who the new king will be.
Saul listened and promised under divine oath not to kill David (verse 5), then accepted David again in his court. However, after David achieves another victory over the Philistines, Saul's anger was aroused again (verses 8–10), that he again tried to pin David to the wall with javelin, but one more time David managed to escape.
David Composing the Psalms, with Melodia behind him, folio 1v, 36 x 26 cm, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. The Paris Psalter (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. gr. 139) is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript, 38 x 26.5 cm in size, containing 449 folios and 14 full-page miniatures.