The Triumph of David Frame:gold There are related drawings at

There are related drawings at Windsor and in the Galleria dell'Accademia

that beauty is an expression of virtue and that both of these find their supreme manifestation in art' (Richard Verdi

four putti would have been to the left playing music and singing

because of damage to the top part of the canvas or because of its erotic content

Jeffree suggests that she may be Catherine Willoughby de Eresby (1519-80)

The Triumph of David Frame:gold There are related drawings atIn 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;