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See also Paintings and Artwork of David and the Psalms

The David and Solomon series (1896-1902) by James J. Tissot, gouache on board, are found in the Jewish Museum, New York.

James J. Tissot, "David Slings the Stone" (1896-1902), gouache on board, The Jewish Museum, New York. Larger image.

Samuel and Saul

• Samuel - the Voice of the Lord
• Saul Meets with Samuel
• Saul Sacrifices the Oxen*
• Saul Questions the Young Maidens*
• Saul Prophesies before Samuel
• Saul Prophesies with the Prophets
• Samuel and His Two Sons*
• Jonathan Tastes of the Honey
• Samuel at Ramah*
• Samuel Slays Agag*

Young David

• Jesse presents his sons to Samuel*
• David Takes Saul the presents from Jesse*
• David plays harp before Saul*
• The Defiance of Goliath*
• Saul puts his Armor upon David*
• Goliath addresses David
• David slings the stone*
• David cuts off the head of Goliath*
• David takes the head of Goliath to Jerusalem*
• Saul endeavours to pierce David*
• Friendship of Jonathan and David*

David Flees

• David makes his escape* (1 Sam 19:12)
• Saul casts a javelin at Jonathan (1 Sam 20:33)
• Saul commands Doeg to slay the priests* (1 Sam 22:18)
• David and Ahimelech another another (1 Sam 21)
• David goes to the cave of Adullam* another (1 Sam 22:1)
• David in the wilderness of Ziph* (1 Sam 23:14)
• Abigail Kneels before David* (1 Sam 25:23)
• David Cuts the Skirt of Saul (1 Sam 24:4)
• David and Saul in the Cave (1 Sam 24:28)
• David takes Saul's spear and water bottle* (1 Sam 26:12)
• David stops on a hill (1 Sam 26:13)
• David returns to Achish* (1 Sam 27)
• Women of Ziklag Taken into Captivity* (1 Sam 30:2)
• An Egyptian is brought to David (1 Sam 30:11)
• Saul and the Witch of Endor (1 Sam 28)

David Establishes His Kingdom

• Saul falls upon his sword* (1 Sam 31:4)
• The Valiant of Gibeon* (1 Sam 31:11-13), gouache on board, 7-5/16 x 11-5/16 in. Another.
• David Causes an Aamalekite to be Slain* (2 Sam 1:15)

  James J. Tissot, "David Singing and Playing His Harp" (1896-1902), gouache on board, The Jewish Museum, New York. Larger imag

• Abner and Asahel*
• Rechab and Baanah Bring the Head of Ish-Bosheth*
• The Chastisement of Uzzah*
• David dancing before the ark* "David Dancing before the Ark" (1896-1900), watercolor.
• Michal despises David
• David Playing His Harp and Singing*
• The wives of David
• Moabites Taken Prisoner* (2 Sam 8:2)

David's Downfall and Exile

• David sees Bathsheba bathing*
• Bathsheba mourns her husband
• Nathan reproaches David*
• Desolation of Tamar*
• Absalom Causeth Amnon to be slain
• Absalom*
• David mourns his son Amnon*
• David quits Jerusalem*
• Absalom hanging on the oak tree
• The Death of Absalom*
• David sees the messenger arrive*
• Bad News*

David's Men

• David's Valiant Men* (2 Sam 23)
• Three of David's Captains* (2 Sam 23:8-12)
• Chiefs of the Army* (actually shows a priest with two others who are not dressed in military garb)
• Benaniah Who Slew the Lion* (2 Sam 23:20-21)

James J. Tissot, “Festivities in Honor of King David” (1896-1902), gouache on board, The Jewish Museum, New York. Larger image.

David's Final Days

• Festivities in Honor of David*
• Rizpah's kindness toward the dead
• An Armed angel appears to many
• David Praying in the Night
• David and Abishag*

Solomon

• Solomon is made king*
• The wisdom of Solomon
• Solomon dedicates the temple at Jerusalem
• The treasurers and keepers of the vases
• The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon*
• Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
• Solomon and his harem
• Old Testament Warrior
• The Priests
• The Choristers*  BW

Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828-1882), "King David" (1858-1864), watercolor on paper, 279 x 127 mm, from "The Seed of David". Tate Gallery, London. Larger image.

Other Paintings

• Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828-1882), "King David" (1858-1864), watercolor on paper, 279 x 127 mm, from "The Seed of David". Tate Gallery, London.
• Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau, David the Shepherd Triumphant (1895, astride a lion)
• Ernst Josephson, David and Saul (1878), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Brooding, pensive Saul.*
• Rembrandt, Saul and David (1655-1660), Mauritshuis, The Hague.
• Rembrandt, David Plays the Lyre for King Saul (1629)
• Julius Kronberg, David and Saul (1885), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
• Guercino, Saul Attacking David (1646), Galeria Nacional de Arte Antiguo, Rome
• Felix-Joseph Barrias (French artist, 1822-1907), Anointing of David by Saul (1842). Of course, the anointing was by Samuel.
• Arent de Gelder, David Plays for Saul (1682), oil on canvas, 66x59 cm, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany.
• Erasmus Quellinus, Saul and David (detail) 1635, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
• John Singer Sargent, David in Saul's Camp
• Cavallino, David Playing before Saul
• Dore, David Escapes through a Window*

• William Brassey Hole (1846-1917), “Nathan the prophet denounces the sin of David,” private collection. Appeared in Old Testament History (Eyre and Spottiswoode, c 1925 ).

• Peter Frederick Rothermel (American painter, 1817 – 1895), “Thou Art the Man” (1884), oil on canvas, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Stained Glass Windows

• David Rex, All Saints Church, Pocklington, East Yorkshire. davewebster14, flicr.com
• David and Goliath, St. Mary's Church, Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire.
• David and Jonathan, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. Father Lawrence Lew, OP (Lawrence OP)
• David with the Head of Goliath, with women singers, St. Finbarre's, Cork, Ireland, Fergal of Claddagh, OP
• Praise Him with the Lyre, by William Morris, Harris Manchester College in Oxford, by Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P.
• King David, St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, by Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP.
• Fortitude (in Fortitude, Humility, and Justice series) David (or Christ) as shepherd seeking the lost sheep (fold in the background), opening jaws of bear that had attacked a sheep. St. Nicholas Church, Brushford, Somerset, Nave, north window.

• Root of Jesse, showing Christ and King David, Newcastle Cathedral.

• King David Laments, St Peter's Church in Fordham in Cambridgeshire.
• King David, North Aisle, women at the tomb window, The Church of All Saints, Culmstock, Devon. possible cover

Edward Burne-Jones, "David and Goliath" (1872), Vyner Memorial Window, Christ Church, Oxford, Lady Chapel, designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris Co. Larger image.

Edward Burne-Jones

• King David, by Burne-Jones, Yorkshire, Dalton

• Edward Burne-Jones, David's Charge to Solomon (1882), Trinity Church, Boston, MA.

• Detail of King David and Goliath, Edward Burne-Jones design for Morris & Co. (painted by William Glasby?), St. Barnabas, Bournmoor.

• David and Goliath, Vyner Memorial Window, Christ Church, Oxford, Lady Chapel, designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris Co, 1872.

• David Holding Harp (detail), St. Martin's Church, West Drayton, Middlesex, North aisle 2. Designed by Burne-Jones, figure painted by Titcomb, for Morris & Co., 1925. The cartoon was designed and first used at Forest School Walthamstow in 1877. It was also used at Nottingham High Pavement Chapel 1907; Liverpool St Paul 1909; Boughton 1925.

 

• David by Sir Ninian Comper in the Lady chapel of Downside Abbey.
• King David Playing the Harp (vertical), South Aisle, Resurrection Window, Church of All Saints, Clumstock, Devon
• King David Playing the Harp, St. Andrew's Church, Cullompton, Devon.  West window, Lane Aisle.
• King David (vertical), St. Andrew's Church, Cullompton, Devon.  West window, Lane Aisle.
• King David (4 panels), St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
• David Is Anointed King, Ely Cathedral
• Fortitude: David Fighting the Bear, North Nave Wall, White Window, panel 1, St. Nicholas, Brushford, Somerset.
• David as Shepherd, St. Mary's, Brampton, Huntingdonshire.
• Compassion, left panel shows David Playing Harp, former Unitarian church in Nottingham.
• David Prevaled over the Philistines, Salisbury Cathedral, David with large sword of Goliath, sling, and goliath slain on the ground. Modern.
• King David, Church of St Mary, Badby, Northamptonshire
• King David, designed by Charles E. Kempe, All Saints parish church in Wing, Buckinghamshire
• David Playing the Harp, Saint Asaph Cathedral, Wales. St. David was a Welsh bishop (c. 500-589), patron saint of Wales.
• Procession with David Carrying the Head of Goliath (detail), Lincoln Cathedral
• David, Moses, and St. John, St. Mary's, Brompton Ralph, Brendon Hills, Somerset
• King David, Church of All Saints, Chipstable, Somerset
• King David, St. Andrew's, Wiveliscombe, S Aisle East
• David, St. Luke's Church, Smithfield, Virginia
• King David, St. Andrew's, Minehead, 1880 designed by G.E. Street, East Window, by C.E. Kempe.
• David with head of Goliath south east window of the apse, and David with Harp,  Aspe East window, Church of Saint Mary and Saint David at Kilpeck. by Pevsner, designed by A.W. Pugin in 1849.

Sculpture

Andrea del Verriocchio, David with head of Goliath (c. 1470), bronze, height 126, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.

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