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David Preventing Abishai from Killing Saul

Willem Drost

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Medium

reed pen and brown ink, with opaque white (oxidized) and some areas scraped away

Dimensions

h 177mm × w 260mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; ink; deck paint

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

Saul orders his armour-bearer to kill him, but he refuses

Production Place

Amsterdam

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1953

Notes

rietpen en bruine inkt, met witte dekverf (geoxideerd) en sommige plekken weggeschraapt

Collection Type

drawings

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1620–1700 • Dutch Republic

Dutch, late 17th or early 18th century

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