David Playing the Harp Before Saul

Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)

Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)

Philips Galle (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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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