HARMENSZ REMBRANDT
(1606-1669)
Copyright © Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford.
Extract taken from Prints, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery .
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HARMENSZ REMBRANDT (1606-1669) |
| David at Prayer |
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| 1652 | |
| Etching | |
| 14.8 x 10.1 | |
| P.453 | |
| Rembrandt produced many works based on the life of King David taken from the Bible. During the mid-seventeenth century Holland, a strictly Protestant, Calvinist country, placed great emphasis on personal salvation and the subject of David’s life provided the perfect model. This is usually assumed to be David praying for the life of his son by Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and repenting for his sins (II Samuel 12). | |
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Copyright © Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. Extract taken from Prints, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery . |
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