David Playing the Harp Before Saul
The young David plays his harp to soothe King Saul, and the tormenting spirit departs from him while the music sounds (1 Samuel 16). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1635).
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About Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 · Dutch
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.