Jean Fouquet1455

David Kneeling in Penitence (Hours of Étienne Chevalier)

King David kneels in penitence, pleading with God for mercy and a clean heart after his sin (Psalm 51). An illumination in tempera and gold on parchment by the French master Jean Fouquet, from the Hours of Étienne Chevalier.

David Kneeling in Penitence (Hours of Étienne Chevalier) by Jean Fouquet depicting Psalms 51:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 51:1-12Primary
Portrait of Jean Fouquet

About Jean Fouquet

1420-1481 · French

French painter and miniaturist of the early Renaissance; court painter to Charles VII and Louis XI.

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