The Triumph of David Poussin Van Huysum's paintings often bear

Van Huysum's paintings often bear a double date

she was not inevitably destined to be Queen and was frequently pitied as a fatherless child

Roger de Piles (1635-1709)

On the right the flagship of the English Streights Fleet

Meijer (oral communication

The Triumph of David Poussin Van Huysum's paintings often bearIn the Triumph of David, Poussin takes as his starting point two texts from the Book of Samuel, creating one of his most theatrical and elegant compositions. An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged. Above the podium of the temple, rhythmically interspersed between the fluted columns, men and women rejoice at David's triumphal entry. A crowd of spectators occupies the foreground and witnesses the event;