Titian 1487/90 – 1576
David and Goliath
oil on canvas (300 × 285 cm) — 1542-44
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
This work is linked to 1 Samuel 17:51
Art and the Bible - 1 Samuel 17 - Old Testament
1 Samuel 17 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, a
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David prays after decapitating Goliath. The opening in the sky indicates divine approval.
The painting is now in the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. It was originally made as a ceiling painting for the Santo Spirito in Isola. Titian made two other ceiling paintings for that church, one on Cain and Abel and one on the Sacrifice of Isaac.
The paintings have similar compositions. They have clear diagonal lines and there is balance in the poses of the figures.
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