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David Playing the Harp Before Saul

(Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
(Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21.7 x 29.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB1063
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn lower margin, lower left: Dira Saul patitur furijs vexatus, at vna/Regius exorto puer est medicina dolori:; lower center: Illi ubi se citharæ Musæq accinxit, et imam/Imperiosa sono tetigerunt carmina mentem,; lower right: Ocyus Eumenidum siluit furor, et sua motu/Horrida pacato tormenta remisit Erinnys./2.Reg. cap.[?]; lower left: 6