# The Triumph of David [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOECKE, Jan van den]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 59 x 80 cm ## Commentary The Triumph of David c. 1635 Oil on panel, 59 x 80 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth This oil sketch shows David welcomed at the city gates of Jerusalem by young women, who celebrate his victory over Goliath with music and dance, and throw roses at his feet. It is one of a series of Old Testament subjects of similar dimensions that includes Moses, Aaron, and Miriam Celebrate the Crossing of the Red Sea \(Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe\) and David Playing the Harp for King Saul \(Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest\). The Triumph of David is a rapidly executed 'modello' inspired by Rubens's later technique. ## Related artworks - [Allegory on Archduke Leopold Wilhelm]() - [Christ on the Cross]() - [David Playing the Harp for King Saul]() - [Entombment]() - [Equestrian Portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm]() - [Portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, as a Marshall]() - [The Four Elements]() - [The Triumph of Saul]() - [Triumph of Time]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()