The triumph of David

Caro, Lorenzo ‏de (1719-1777)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

late 1750s

Height:

67.3 cm  (26 1/2 in.)

Width:

49.5 cm  (19 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Scene includes three women dancing and playing castanets, cymbals, and tambourine.
Commentary from museum website:
Having slayed the Philistine champion Goliath with a stone fired from his sling, David severed the giant’s head and triumphantly returned with it to Jerusalem. De Caro, who worked mostly for patrons in Naples, specialized in altarpieces and also small scale Biblical scenes like this. The painting’s pastel colors, asymmetrical composition, and playful atmosphere are hallmarks of the Rococo style.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

71H1521
David's triumph: the women of Israel come out to welcome David, singing, dancing, and playing tamourines and lyres; David holding the head of Goliath
43C943
group dancing around someone or something (folk dancing)
43C9422
group of women dancing (folk dancing)
48C7342
clappers, castanets
48C73411
tambourine

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Castanets [2423]
Cymbals [2451]
Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5907