Medieval stained glass (1325-1339) depicting King David in the clerestory windows of Saint Ouen, Rouen, France.
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The second king of Israel, David is celebrated as a warrior, poet, and unifier of the tribes of Israel. He is said to have defeated the giant Goliath as a youth and later established Jerusalem as his capital. Traditionally credited with composing many of the Psalms, David’s reign is remembered as a golden age in Israel’s history, though marked by both triumph and personal failings.
Created between 1337-1340 this panel in the north apse clerestory window depicts King David. The wiondows were commissioned by Eleanor Despensor (d1337) and her son Hugh III Despenser (d1349).
This marble statue of David was Donatello's first major commision. Created in 1409 it was deemed to small for placing on the north side of the Cathedral and was left in the workshop until in 1416 when it was decided place it in the Palazzo della Signoria.
This bronze statue of David by Donatello as pubescent youth was the first freestanding nude male figure since classical times.
This Tree of Jesse (1468) at Evreux Cathedral with its central figure of the Virgin Mary and Child, also depicts King David in the lower left, and King Solomon in the lower right. Other prophets and kings are shown on to the left and right of the central figures.
This gilded bronze statue of David by Andrea del Verrocchio created in about 1474 and was commissioned by the Medici family.
French renaissance stained glass by Engrande le Prince. Part of the Tree of Jesse in Saint-Etienne Beauvais this panel depicts King David.
Stained glass panel depicting King David by Burlison and Grylls (1892) in a south window of the Lady Chapel Worcester Cathedral.
Memorial window to the boys and masters of Dunchurch Hall preparatory school who died in the great war 1914-1918.