The Anointment of David
around 1555 | Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese
Veronese’s masterly command of the broadly laid-out, theatrical staging of the picture’s episode has its fullest effect in large-format paintings. The main figure is never alone at the centre – in this scene from the Old Testament it is the shepherd boy David who is anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be the future king of Israel – but many figures are spread out like a relief over the surface of the picture, flowing one into the next by means of colour and movement. At the sides, like theatrical scenery, atmospheric landscapes frame the main event.
Veronese’s masterly command of the broadly laid-out, theatrical staging of the picture’s episode has its fullest effect in large-format paintings. The main figure is never alone at the centre – in this scene from the Old Testament it is the shepherd boy David who is anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be the future king of Israel – but many figures are spread out like a relief over the surface of the picture, flowing one into the next by means of colour and movement. At the sides, like theatrical scenery, atmospheric landscapes frame the main event.
Artist:
Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese (1528 Verona - 1588 Venedig) DNB
Time:
around 1555
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 174 cm × 365 cm × 3 cm
Framed: 194 cm × 386,5 cm × 7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 40
Provenance
c. 1613 Coll. Charles de Croy, Duc d' Arschot, Beaumont Castle; before 1635-1648 Coll. Buckingham; acquired 1649
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