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Border with Michal Helping David to Escape from Saul
Simon Beningabout 1525 - 1530
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
In the lower right corner, David's wife Michal lowers him out of a castle window as her father approaches the main gate with his army. Michal had fallen in love with the young David, her father Saul's sworn enemy, and her father consequently tried to have David killed. Her cunning plan for David's escape saved his life. Christians saw a parallel between this Old Testament story and Joseph, Mary, and Jesus's Flight into Egypt, seen on the facing page.
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- Title: Border with Michal Helping David to Escape from Saul
- Creator: Simon Bening
- Date Created: about 1525 - 1530
- Location Created: Bruges, Belgium
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 16.8 × 11.4 cm (6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.ML.115.48
- Culture: Flemish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 19, fol. 48
- Creator Display Name: Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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