id:			159895
accession number:	1997.189
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.189
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David Playing the Harp before Saul, 1555. After Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519–1570). Chiaroscuro woodcut; sheet: 33.4 x 47.9 cm (13 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.189

title:				David Playing the Harp before Saul
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creation date:			1555
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1555
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein I, Strauss 101, Bialler 3a/e

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CREATORS

* Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519–1570)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 33.4 x 47.9 cm (13 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
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	description:	beige (2) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in block, " SAVL I REG CA XVI/FRACISCVS FLORIS INVETOR IVDOCE DL CVRIA EXCVDERAT 1555". (Later) inscriptions in the image penned in black. VERSO: Additional inscriptions in brown ink and graphite.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Pierre Mariette, Paris (Lugt 1790), inscribed P. Mariette 1668
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	King Friedrich August II, Dresden (Lugt 971)
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	Pierre Mariette, Paris (Lugt 1790), inscribed P. Mariette 1668; King Friedrich August II, Dresden (Lugt 971)
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wall description:
The soothing effect of David’s music upon the melancholic King Saul, as relayed in the Old Testament and depicted here by Frans Floris, is the earliest visual evidence of the therapeutic use of music. Floris’s woodcut would have had contemporary relevance in its affirmation of Martin Luther’s belief that music-a divine power that creates order—had been made by God to combat the destructive power of evil.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4165

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.189/1997.189_full.tif