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A lightly drawn pen and ink rendering of a triumphal procession from the Old Testament. Abigail kneels in supplication at enter left. David stands proudly in the middle right. A lightly drawn pen and ink rendering of a triumphal procession from the Old Testament. Abigail kneels in supplication at enter left. David stands proudly in the middle right.

Hendrik de Clerck

David and Abigail,

Maker

  • Hendrik de Clerck

Title

David and Abigail

Medium

wash technique

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pen and ink and brush and wash with traces of squaring in black chalk on laid paper

Techniques

  • Pen and ink and brush and wash with traces of squaring in black chalk on laid paper

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

23 x 40.2 cm (9 1/16 x 15 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink, LC: "HDC" [Nagler, Mon. III, 841, 2932]

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.302

David and Abigail

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
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Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Inscribed in pen and ink, LC: "HDC" [Nagler, Mon. III, 841, 2932]

Publications

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Read Online

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983
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