# The Story of David \(4 scenes\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SALVIATI, Cecchino del]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The large scene on the long wall opposite to the battle scene depicts the Death of David's son, Absalom. The Bible characterizes Absalom as the handsomest man in all Israel, and Salviati quotes here the classical model of male beauty, the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/a/antico/apollo.html'\)" href="/html/a/antico/apollo.html">Apollo Belvedere.</a> In the small image above the scene, Salviati depicts David Plays the Harp. Not shown in the present picture are two further scenes on this wall, David Speaks to the Army, and David Learns Absalom's Death, to the left and to the right of the main scene, respectively. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Peace Burning Arms]() - [Bathsheba Bathing \(detail\)]() - [Bathsheba Bathing \(detail\)]() - [Bathsheba Bathing \(detail\)]() - [Charity \(detail\)]() - [Charity]() - [Christ Carrying the Cross]() - [Coronation of the Virgin with Angels]() - [Design for a Ewer]() - [Design for the fresco cycle]() - [General view]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()