David with the head of Goliath

1667

Painting depicting David sitting on the decapitated head of Goliath and resting his right arm on his sword. In the left background is a military encampment. The head of David in harsh, elongated hatches of sanguine and brown, blended with a little blue-green shadow, on a pale carnation ground; head of Goliath densely modelled with hatches of brown , grey and white over a greenish-brown carnation ground; hair and fur washed and hatched in transparent browns with opaque heightening; the costume, landscape and sky washed and hatched in gouache; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table- book. Frame: Ebonised wood, provided for the miniature after it entered the Museum; an older oak backboard has survived, inscribed in graphite: David with the Head of Goliath/ a fine Drawing by T.Flatman/ from/ a Painting by Domechino [ sic] / at Hampton Court Pallace.