In the Old Testament the story of David is told (1. Samuel 17), a shepherd boy who vanquished Goliath, the most powerful Philistine commander, with just a catapult.
In the foreground the painting depicts the moment in which David as an unarmed boy triumphs over the larger Goliath, who lies
In the Old Testament the story of David is told (1. Samuel 17), a shepherd boy who vanquished Goliath, the most powerful Philistine commander, with just a catapult.
In the foreground the painting depicts the moment in which David as an unarmed boy triumphs over the larger Goliath, who lies on the ground and is protected by his armor. David no longer fights with the catapult - it lies beside him -, but prepares to make the fatal blow with the sword. The Philistine army waits in the background under an unusually formed rocky outcrop, which is shaped like an arch.
[see: Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 202-203, no. III.22]
- Attributions
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Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 112] |
Lucas Cranach the Younger | 'seems more like Lucas Cranach the Younger' |
- Production dates
- about 1540 - 1545
after 1537
Production dates
about 1540 - 1545 | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
about 1540 | [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 112] |
after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 141, No. 357G] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 209.5 x 106.6 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 209.5 x 106.6 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI1187
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR357G
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1187/