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David and Goliath

Print
1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (etcher)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting a large man in armour on with a shield, while a smaller man with a sling stands on the right. A crowd of onlookers armed with spears are visible behind, on lower ground. Mountains in the background to the right.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Books
Illustration
Object type
print
Titles
  • David and Goliath (published title)
  • Piedra gloriosa de la estatua de Nebuchadnesar (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'David and Goliath', fourth state, one of four illustrations designed for Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel's 'Piedra gloriosa de la estatua de Nebuchadnesar'. Amsterdam, 1655.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting a large man in armour on with a shield, while a smaller man with a sling stands on the right. A crowd of onlookers armed with spears are visible behind, on lower ground. Mountains in the background to the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm (trimmed to)
  • Width: 7.6cm (trimmed to)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt.f.1655. (Signed and dated, below margin, left)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900. Stamped on the back with the mark of the collection of J. C. D. Hebich (1818-1891) (Lugt 1250)
Subjects depicted
Spears
Shield
Sling
Mountains
Crowds
David
Goliath
David and Goliath
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.36 C.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969), p.17.
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923), p. 114.
  • The Catalogue of the Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1904), p. 54.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich), 1888-1957. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949-), vol. 18-19.
  • Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel. Piedra gloriosa de la estatua de Nebuchadnesar. (Amsterdam, 1655).
  • Eric Hinterding. Rembrandt the Printmaker. (London: British Museum Press, 2000).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated , (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.657

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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