King David with his harp

Farinati, Paolo (1524-1606)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
16th century
Height:
26.7 cm  (10 1/2 in.)
Width:
19.9 cm  (7 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
brown ink, brown wash, black and red chalk, graphite and white gouache on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper decorative mount
Place of creation:
Verona (Italia)

Description

Portrait of King David seated and supporting a tall harp with his left arm and right foot, his left foot resting on the instrument's lower inside frame

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

11I62(DAVID)32
David as musician, usually playing the harp

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5685