The Triumph of David

The Triumph of DavidIn the Triumph of David, Poussin takes as his starting point two texts from the Book of Samuel, creating one of his most theatrical and elegant compositions. An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged. Above the podium of the temple, rhythmically interspersed between the fluted columns, men and women rejoice at David's triumphal entry. A crowd of spectators occupies the foreground and witnesses the event;

of the original in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp (inv

bees would have had a particular significance

when catalogued by Richter as Venetian School

lot 227 (see also G

Fully grown

the grave and the lantern) and Salvator Rosa (the cliffs in the background and the soldiers)

A copy after Saenredam's original of 1633 at Glasgow

except for the fact that the Virgin is looking heavenward

Charles Small Pybus (1766-1810) was MP for Dover from 1790 and Lord of the Admiralty 1791-7 and of the Treasury 1797-1803

Probably painted c

but probably caught the Italianate "bug" from fellow artist Jan Both

but was left unfinished probably until the mid-1660s