Samuel anointing David
Maker
After
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
(publisher)
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
(publisher)
Title
Samuel anointing David
Date of Production
1580 - 1590
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2725
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
horn jug
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower, within image: “Martin De Vos figur J Sadeler auctor et excu Palaestra //”; lower margin: “PATIENTIAE DAVIDIS REGIS ET PROPHETAE IN ISRAEL: FONS ET SCATVRIGO PSALTERII, / In quo se ad preces DEO fundendas ad Spem corroborandam, Gratesq pro beneficus agaendas, Vates ille Regius et sancto plenus Spiritu maganimiter exercuit / Rex hominum Diuumq pater, qui Sceptra tuetur, / TranStulit imperium Saule superbe tuum / Quiq suos inter fratres sine honore putatur, / Davides Iudae sceptra regenda capit. / Inueni David seruum meum oleo. / Sancto meo unxi eum. Spl.88. / Catabo et psalmum dicam Domino. ps.96//”.
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