David and Goliath

1655

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of two armored figures in combat amidst a crowd. The scene depicts an intense confrontation where one figure, heavily armored with a prominent helmet and shield, appears engaged in battle. The other figure is smaller in stature and dressed in simpler, period-appropriate attire, and is wielding a staff or similar object. The setting is an open area surrounded by grass, with a group of onlookers or soldiers partially visible in the background, observing the duel. The texture and detail in the drawing imply movement and tension, capturing the drama of the encounter.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, burin and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.7 × 7.5 cm (4 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.4 × 8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 36, State C ii/v

  • Series Title

    Illustration to Menasseh ben Israel's "Piedra Gloriosa o de

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Mariette II (Lugt 1789); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Richard Zinser 1947; given to the National Gallery of Art 1947

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 288c, ii/v.

Inscriptions

in plate, in margin below image at bottom left: Rembrandt. f. 1655; verso, at center, in black ink: P. Mariette 1698

Wikidata ID

Q65082047

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