Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
c. 1530–35
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https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.174
These two adjoining leaves begin the penitential psalms, or holy poems recited to ask for forgiveness. An elderly King David is depicted kneeling in prayer after having committed great sins. He has cast his harp and hat to the ground as an expression of humility and looks up t...
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Terms
Culture
France, 16th century
Technique
ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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