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Print made by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767, German, active in Britain, Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David, 1766
- Title:
Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David
- Date:
- 1766
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/8 inches (50.4 × 35.8 cm), Image: 17 7/8 x 14 inches (45.4 x 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "KGK 41"; lower center: "[...] | 2 Book of Samuel Chapter 14 Verse 33"; inscribed on verso, lower right: "Haid (underlined) | Haid (JG)"
Lettered, lower left: "Boll pinxt"; lower center: "J Boydell Ext 1766"; lower right: "Haid Fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1391
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrows | boots | bowls | Christianity | family | father | gaze | gesturing | Judaism | kneeling | Old Testament | Oriental | quiver | reconciliation of David and Absalom; Absalom kneels before David and they embrace | religious | religious and mythological subject | robes | sleeves | son | sword | tassels | turban
- Associated People:
- Absalom
David, biblical king of Israel - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23243
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