Penitent King David

Bloemaert, Hendrick (ca. 1601-1672)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1633
Height:
82.0 cm  (32 5/16 in.)
Width:
71.0 cm  (27 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Kající se král David

    Item location

  • Národní galerie Praha
    [Museum inv. no.: O 1647]

Description

From the Národní galerie Praha website: Bloemaert was apprenticed to his father Abraham who was a significant Utrecht painter and later undertook a study journey to Italy. The scene with the penitent king David appears in art only rarely. David is searching his conscience, as he had sent Uriah into battle for certain death to gain his wife Betshabe, with whom he later conceived a son who became seriously ill and finally died. The king in prayer had put away the symbols of his power - the sceptre and crown. There is a harp on the [floor] which is his attribute.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel

Iconclass

11I62(DAVID)41
David penitent
11I62(DAVID)
David (not in biblical context); possible attributes: crown, harp

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5729