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 of the guild in Bruges in 1484, was its dean in 1501-2; appears also in the guild of Antwerp in 1515. Probably a pupil of Memling. Works: Madonna with Saints (1509), Rouen Museum; Baptism of Christ (1507), Two scenes from history of Cambyses (1498), Bruges Academy; Crucifixion, Berlin Museum; Madonna with Angels, Darmstadt Museum; Adoration of Magi, Madonna with Female Saints, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Marriage at Cana, Louvre, attributed to unknown; Triptych (Madonna and Saints), Municipal Palace, Genoa; Canon and Patron Saints, National Gallery, London.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 711; C. & C., Flemish Painters, 300; Dohme, 1i.; Förster, Denkmale, XI. iii. 21; XII. iii. 7; Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xx. 542; xxi. 489; Michiels, iv. 131; W. & W., ii. 55.

David and Goliath.

DAVID AND GOLIATH, Guido Reni, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. David, wearing a red cap with a yellow and white plume on his head, and dressed in blue drapery trimmed with fur, holds the sling in his right hand (which rests on the shaft of a column) and the head of Goliath in his left. The giant's sword lies at his feet. Formerly in the Zampieri Gallery, Bologna. Repetitions in the Louvre, Paris, and the Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. Louvre copy, engraved by Beisson, Rousselet, and others.—Filhol, ii. Pl. 110; Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 34.

By Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome; fresco on ceiling.

DAVID PLAYING THE HARP, Domenichino, Louvre; canvas, H. 7 ft. 10 in. × 5 ft. 7 in. David singing, his eyes raised to heaven, and accompanying himself on the harp; to left, an angel holds open before him a book; in background, to right, another angel transcribes the psalms which David sings, and holds the sword with which he cut off the head of Goliath. Sent from Italy to Cardinal Mazarin, from whose collection it passed to Louis XIV. Engraved by G. Rousselet.—Filhol, v. Pl. 296; Landon, Musée, iii. Pl. 33.

DAVID, (JACQUES) LOUIS, born in Paris, Aug. 31, 1748, died in Brussels, Dec. 29, 1825. History painter, pupil of Vien, and founder of the classical French school. Won in 1771 2d prix de Rome, and in 1774 1st prix de Rome; went in 1775 to Rome, where he remained until 1780, when he returned to Paris, was elected associate member of the Academy, and regular member in 1783. Revisited Italy, and in 1787 went to Belgium. In the revolution he was an adherent of Robespierre, after whose downfall he narrowly escaped the guillotine, and was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment. Appointed first painter to Napoleon, he devoted his brush to the glo