Identification title(s): david as a repentant sinner. Eight repentant sinners from the old and new testaments (series title). Object type: print serial number: 1/8object number: rp-p-1877-a-344. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 15-2(3). Inscriptions / marks: inscription, verso lower right, handwritten: '8 pieces £1. 15. '. Description: david lying in a four-poster bed. There is a crown on the table next to the bed, and a harp stands against the table - references to david's kingship and musical gifts. In the background a scene from the story of david and bathsheba: bathsheba takes a bath in the presence of two women, david watches from the roof of his palace. Below the scene a two-line latin text. This print is part of a series of eight repentant sinners; each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner in question, and two lines of text in latin below the representation. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jacob de gheyn (ii) (studio of), printmaker: zacharias dolendo (attributed to), after a design by: karel van mander (i) (mentioned on object), writer: hugo de groot (mentioned on object), publisher: michael colyn (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: leiden, printmaker: netherlands, publisher: amsterdam. Dating: 1595 - 1596. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 201 mm × w 144 mm. Subject: what: david penitent. David and bathsheba (2 samuel 11-12). Acquisition: purchase nov 1, 1877. Date: between 1595 and 1596.
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