of the guild in Bruges in 1484, was its dean in 1501-2; appears also in the guild of Antwerp in 1515. Probably a pupil of Memling. Works: Madonna with Saints (1509), Rouen Museum; Baptism of Christ (1507), Two scenes from history of Cambyses (1498), Bruges Academy; Crucifixion, Berlin Museum; Madonna with Angels, Darmstadt Museum; Adoration of Magi, Madonna with Female Saints, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Marriage at Cana, Louvre, attributed to unknown; Triptych (Madonna and Saints), Municipal Palace, Genoa; Canon and Patron Saints, National Gallery, London.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 711; C. & C., Flemish Painters, 300; Dohme, 1i.; Förster, Denkmale, XI. iii. 21; XII. iii. 7; Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xx. 542; xxi. 489; Michiels, iv. 131; W. & W., ii. 55.
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David and Goliath.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, Guido Reni, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. David, wearing 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. Repetitions in the Louvre, Paris, and the Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. Louvre copy, engraved by Beisson, Rousselet, and others.—Filhol, ii. Pl. 110; Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 34.
By Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome; fresco on ceiling.
DAVID PLAYING THE HARP, Domenichino,
Louvre; canvas, H. 7 ft. 10 in. × 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, another
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 collection
it passed to Louis XIV. Engraved
by G. Rousselet.—Filhol, v. Pl. 296; Landon,
Musée, iii. Pl. 33.
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DAVID, (JACQUES) LOUIS, born in
Paris, Aug.
31, 1748, died
in Brussels,
Dec. 29, 1825.
History painter,
pupil of
Vien, 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 member
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 guillotine,
and was sentenced to seven months'
imprisonment. Appointed first painter to
Napoleon, he devoted his brush to the glo-
