David Playing the Harp Before Saul: Study of King Saul (r); Woman Seated, Reading (v)
Peter Frederick Rothermel
This is a preparatory sketch of the figure of King Saul in "David Playing the Harp before Saul," a painting shown at the Academy in 1853, but presently unlocated.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1817-1895)
Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Brush and ink wash on buff wove paper (r); black chalk (v)
Dimensions
14 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (36.5125 x 31.115 cm.)
Accession #
1985.68.41.30
Credit Line
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust and the John S. Phillips Fund
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
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