David Playing His Harp before Saul

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M12150
People: Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish (Leiden 1494 - 1533 Leiden)
Title: David Playing His Harp before Saul
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1508
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/260802

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 24.8 x 18.2 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: monogram, backward: L
watermark:

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Guy Mayer, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 27; New Hollstein 27 Ib

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year: 1948
Object Number: M12150
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 315, p. 270, repr.

Exhibition History

Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

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M12150: David Playing His Harp before Saul