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David Playing the Lute Before the Swooning Saul

Date: 1650
Dimensions:
Overall: 67 x 87 1/4 in. (170.2 x 221.6 cm)
Medium: Oil
Credit Line: From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; bequest of Dr. Roloff Beny, 1987
Object number: 1987.1016
Not on View
DescriptionA figurative painting depicting a man playing a stringed instrument for a group of men, one of whom is collapsed into the arms of another at the image's center. The painting is dark with minimal lighting, highlighting the faces and garments of the men as much of their bodies blend into the background. figurative, figures, male, group, instrument, music, collapse, highlights David, Saul, the Bible, Old Testament, religious history painting piety, servitude, virtue
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