Flemish School, 17th century
David with the Head of Goliath c.1650-99
Oil on canvas | 76.1 x 63.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406056
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An oil painting of David with the head of Goliath. In this depiction, David stands, full-length, facing slightly to the right, his head tilted upwards and turned half to the left, in a landscape; he holds the head of Goliath on a stone ledge beside him and points downwards to the right with his left hand.
The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated Royal Residences of 1819, hanging in Queen Caroline's Drawing Room at Kensington Palace (RCIN 922151).Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of George III
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Oil on canvas
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76.1 x 63.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
83.1 x 70.2 x 4.9 cm (frame, external)
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