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David Playing the Harp Ahead of the Ark
Jan de Bray1670
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan de Bray is one of the most important Dutch portrait and history painters of the second half of the "Golden Age". Around 1670 he was the leading history painter in Haarlem. The work "David Playing the Harp Ahead of the Ark" was made at the peak of his skill. It depicts with life-size figures how King David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Mount Zion.
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Details
- Title: David Playing the Harp Ahead of the Ark
- Creator: Jan de Bray
- Creator Nationality: Netherlandish
- Date Created: 1670
- Physical Dimensions: 146 x 157 cm
- Subject Keywords: Bible, David, Ark of the Covenant, Music, Harp, de bray, King David, Old Testament, Mount Zion, Jerusalem
- Publisher: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (State Art Gallery Karlsruhe)
- External Link: David Playing the Harp Ahead of the Ark
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Genre: History painting
- Art Movement: Baroque, Dutch Golden Age
- Support: Canvas
- Depicted Location: Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel
- Depicted Person: David
- Depicted Topic: Bible, Ark of the Covenant, David, Music
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