Willem van der Leeuw and Peter Paul Rubens
David Playing before Saul
1600-2000
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 443 x 343 mm. (17 7/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Image: 411 x 335 mm. (16 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1481
Saul seated on a throne in a fur and robe with a staff, looking massive and surprised, while David plays bent over kneeling at his side.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: (in matrix) "Rembrandt van Ryn inv."; LWRC: "Felle tument oculi; mala mens et amara Sauli esst: Non videt..."; BR: (in matrix) "WLeeuw fecit"; BRC: "C.G. Plempus". Verso: BLC: Claghorn stamp, (graphite in diamond) "7317".
Markings: Claghorn collector's stamp.