The image shows multiple figures in various poses. The central figure is a man with an athletic build, shown in full body. He is slightly turned to the side, looking over his shoulder towards the group behind him. He has short, curly dark hair and is wearing a short, striped cloth wrapped around his waist. He carries a quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder and a bow in his other hand. Surrounding him are several other individuals; an older man with long hair and a beard raising his arm, a seated woman in a flowing dress with a prominent belt, and several other figures in the background,…
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David Playing before Saul

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868)

1853

Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 20.48 × 14.61 cm (8 1/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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