{
"data": {
"id": 105672,
"accession_number": "1923.774",
"share_license_status": "CC0",
"tombstone": "David Playing the Harp before Saul, c. 1508. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494\u2013about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1923.774",
"current_location": "115 Manuscripts & Textiles",
"title": "David Playing the Harp before Saul",
"creation_date": "c. 1508",
"creation_date_earliest": 1503,
"creation_date_latest": 1513,
"artists_tags": [
"male"
],
"culture": [
"Netherlands, 16th century"
],
"technique": "engraving",
"support_materials": [],
"department": "Prints",
"collection": "PR - Engraving",
"type": "Print",
"dimensions": {},
"state_of_the_work": null,
"edition_of_the_work": null,
"copyright": null,
"inscriptions": [],
"exhibitions": {
"current": [
{
"id": 345796,
"title": "Prints by Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries",
"description": "Prints by Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 2, 1939).",
"opening_date": "1939-02-28T05:00:00"
},
{
"id": 338393,
"title": "Youthful Works by Great Artists",
"description": "Youthful Works by Great Artists. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (March 10-30, 1963).",
"opening_date": "1963-03-10T05:00:00"
},
{
"id": 301359,
"title": "The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review",
"description": "The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).",
"opening_date": "1970-01-14T05:00:00"
},
{
"id": 304516,
"title": "Eight Masters of the Print",
"description": "Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).",
"opening_date": "1980-10-14T04:00:00"
},
{
"id": 203744,
"title": "Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints",
"description": "Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).",
"opening_date": "2015-01-25T00:00:00"
},
{
"id": 703224,
"title": "Roots of Divinity: Christ\u2019s Family Tree in Northern European Medieval Art",
"description": "Roots of Divinity: Christ\u2019s Family Tree in Northern European Medieval Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 6, 2026-August 8, 2027).",
"opening_date": "2026-09-06T04:00:00"
}
],
"legacy": []
},
"provenance": [],
"find_spot": null,
"related_works": [],
"former_accession_numbers": [
"1689.1923"
],
"did_you_know": null,
"early_education_description": null,
"artlens_description": null,
"description": "A skillful player of the harp, David was summoned to the court of King Saul in order to console the king who was often tormented by melancholy. Lucas van Leyden masterfully captured the despair of the king who sits uncomfortably upon his throne, his right foot angled convulsively over the left one, his gaze a blank stare. While playing, David looks calmly upon the ruler, as if to convey his confidence that music will provide the necessary balm to soothe the king\u2019s soul.",
"external_resources": {
"wikidata": [
"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79891600"
],
"internet_archive": [
"https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1923.774-david-playing-the-ha"
]
},
"citations": [
{
"citation": "Francis, Henry. \"Recent Print Accessions by Lucas Van Leyden.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 22, no. 9 (November 1935): 142-145",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 145",
"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137723"
}
],
"catalogue_raisonne": "Hollstein X.79.27 ; Bartsch VII.27",
"url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.774",
"images": {
"annotation": null,
"web": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_web.jpg",
"width": "663",
"height": "900",
"filesize": "264782",
"filename": "1923.774_web.jpg"
},
"print": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_print.jpg",
"width": "2503",
"height": "3400",
"filesize": "3697804",
"filename": "1923.774_print.jpg"
},
"full": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_full.tif",
"width": "5257",
"height": "7140",
"filesize": "112636432",
"filename": "1923.774_full.tif"
}
},
"alternate_images": [
{
"web": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt0_web.jpg",
"width": "656",
"height": "893",
"filesize": "505649"
},
"print": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt0_print.jpg",
"width": "2497",
"height": "3400",
"filesize": "7441692"
},
"full": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt0_full.tif",
"width": "3696",
"height": "5032",
"filesize": "55828736"
},
"date_created": "2007-01-08T18:58:37",
"annotation": ""
},
{
"web": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt1_web.jpg",
"width": "650",
"height": "893",
"filesize": "515114"
},
"print": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt1_print.jpg",
"width": "2474",
"height": "3400",
"filesize": "7550605"
},
"full": {
"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.774/1923.774_alt1_full.tif",
"width": "3936",
"height": "5409",
"filesize": "63903516"
},
"date_created": "2006-05-09T16:57:18",
"annotation": ""
}
],
"creditline": "Gift of Ralph King",
"image_credit": null,
"sketchfab_id": null,
"sketchfab_url": null,
"gallery_donor_text": null,
"athena_id": 105672,
"creators": [
{
"id": 22613,
"description": "Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494\u2013about 1533)",
"extent": null,
"qualifier": null,
"role": "artist",
"biography": null,
"name_in_original_language": null,
"birth_year": "1494",
"death_year": "1533",
"use_in_caption": true,
"include_extent": false,
"weight": 1
}
],
"legal_status": "accessioned",
"accession_date": "1923-10-22T00:00:00",
"sortable_date": 1503,
"date_added_to_oa": null,
"date_text": "c. 1508",
"collapse_artists": false,
"on_loan": false,
"recently_acquired": false,
"record_type": "object",
"conservation_statement": null,
"has_conservation_images": false,
"cover_accession_number": null,
"is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
"impression": null,
"alternate_titles": [],
"is_highlight": false,
"updated_at": "2026-09-06 05:01:21.462000"
}
}