Drawings

David Instructing Solomon in the Building of the Temple

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1922
Accession number: 2000.5.48
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (25.1 x 16.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single large square light. The aged David sits on a high throne in the center, with the young Solomon kneeling at his feet, on the right. Scribes crouch writing in the foreground, groups of women stand on the left, and soldiers on the right. Angels are at top left and right, with little figures carrying the head of Goliath at top right. (Description taken from Sewter, p. 224)
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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