Photographs

David Instructing Solomon for the Building of the Temple

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1883
Accession number: 2000.5.1917
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (22.5 x 21.6 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: An aged David sitting on throne at upper center, dressed in armor, and holding picture of temple. Young Solomon standing to his right, 4 scribes crouch writing in foreground; groups of women standing to left, and soldiers at right, holding decorated banners; angels at top left and right.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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