David Tearing His Clothes in Grief
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540 · Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein) · Drawings and Prints
David, seated on a throne at right tears at his cloak, while Jonadab and a servant stand at left. Based on 2 Samuel 13:31. Plate 7 from a series of seven plates with the Story of Amnon and Tamar.
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Date
- 1540
- Medium
- Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947