1st SAMUEL
ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING, GETS SAUL
SAUL REJECTS JONATHAN, GOD REJECTS SAUL
DAVID THE SHEPHERD
SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID
SAUL HIRES A HARPIST
G O L I A T H
DAVID AND GOLIATH
DAVID OR GOLIATH
DAVID'S BIG, FAT HEAD
You find the best illustrations! I love the silver plate at #15. Here is an explanation on it: “This beautiful and exceptionally important plate (diameter 49.4 cm) is the largest of a set of nine showing scenes from the life of the Old Testament king David. Six belong to the Metropolitan Museum while three are in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia. The group was discovered in 1902 in Karavás (northern Cyprus) sealed with a hoard of jewelry and gold, much of which is also now in the Metropolitan’s collection. Originally the smaller plates were arranged around the largest, the one shown here depicting David’s combat with Goliath. On the backs of all the plates are the control stamps of the emperor Heraclius, who may have commissioned them to celebrate his victory over the Persians in 628–29, which resulted in the recapture of Jerusalem. During the war, it is said that Heraclius fought the Persian general Razatis in single-handed combat, an event that is perhaps evoked in the depiction of David’s defeat of Goliath. Imperial imagery is present also on other plates, where ceremonial scenes from the biblical king’s life are set before the arcade of a palace. Their style is a conscious reference to classical art. The plates may have been ordered for display in the banquet hall of a member of the Byzantine aristocracy”.
https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/david-goliath
Good Morning, Dan! :-)
Good morning to all =:^)
These are terrific Dan; thank you for posting these. I love the way you arrange the different themes of the Word, to the corresponding paintings.