Israelites Celebrating the Return of David
ArtistWorkshop of
Artemisia Gentileschi
(Italian, 1593 – 1659)
Date1650s
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 32 3/4 x 45 1/2 in. (83.2 x 115.6 cm)
Frame: 42 15/16 × 55 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (109.1 × 141.9 × 6.7 cm)
Frame: 42 15/16 × 55 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (109.1 × 141.9 × 6.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN155
Before a tumultuous evening sky of peach and purple tones, the youthful David displays the head of Goliath as the Israelites celebrate their miraculous delivery from the enemy. The intense chiaroscuro, visible on the faces of the figures in the foreground, is characteristic of 17th-century Neapolitan painting. The elegantly posed figures may reveal the influence of French engravings. The impressive landscape in the background resembles those of Gargiulo's contemporary, Salvator Rosa, with whom he studied in Naples. This work, along with the adjacent Bathsheba at Her Bath, may have been part of a series of paintings devoted to the life of David.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 09, Wall North
19th Century
