DAVID of the guild in Bruges in 1484, was its dean in 1501-2 ; appears also in the guild of Ant- werp in 1515. Probably a pupil of Mem- ling. Works : Madonna with Saints (1509), Eouen Museum ; Baptism of Christ (1507), Two scenes from history of Cambyses (1498), Bruges Academy ; Crucifixion, Berlin Mu- seum ; Madonna with Angels, Darmstadt Museum ; Adoration of Magi, Madonna with Female Saints, Old Pinakothek, Munich ; Marriage at Cana, Louvre, attributed to un- known ; Triptych (Madonna and Saints), Municipal Palace, Genoa ; Canon and Pa- tron Saints, National Gallery, London. Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 711 ; C. & C., Flemish Painters, 300 ; Dohme, li. ; Forster, Denkmale, XL iii. 21 ; XII. iii. 7 ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xx. 542 ; xxi. 489 ; Michiels, iv. 131 ; W. & W., ii. 55. DAVID AND GOLIATH, Guido Reni, David and Goliath, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. David, wear- ing a red cap with a yellow and white plume on his head, and dressed in blue drapery trimmed with fur, holds the sling in his right hand (which rests on the shaft of a column) and the head of Goliath in his left. The giant's sword lies at his feet. Formerly in the Zampieri Gallery, Bologna. Repeti- tions in the Louvre, Paris, and the Liech- tenstein Gallery, Vienna. Louvre copy, en- graved by Beisson, Rousselet, and others. Filhol, ii. PI. 110 ; Landon, Musee, vi. PI. 34. By Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome ; fresco on ceiling. DAVID PLAYING THE HARP, Domeni- chino, Louvre ; canvas, H. 7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 7 in. David singing, his eyes raised to heaven, and accompanying himself on the harp ; to left, an angel holds open before him a book ; in background, to right, an- other angel transcribes the psalms which David sings, and holds the sword with which he cut off the head of Goliath. Sent from Italy to Cardinal Mazarin, from whose col- lection it passed to Louis XTV. Engraved by G. Rousselet. Filhol, v. PI. 296 ; Lan- don, Musee, iii. PI. 33. DAVID, (JACQUES) LOUIS, born in Paris, Aug. 31, 1748, died in Brussels, Dec. 29, 1825. History paint- er, pupil of V i e n , and founder of the classical French school. Won in 1771 2d prix de Rome, and in 1774 1st prix de Rome ; went in 1775 to Rome, where he remained until 1780, when he returned to Paris, was elected associate member of the Academy, and regular mem- ber in 1783. Revisited Italy, and in 1787 went to Belgium. In the revolution he was an adherent of Robespierre, after whose downfall he narrowly escaped the guillo- tine, and was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment. Appointed first painter to Napoleon, he devoted his brush to the glo- 876
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