# The Triumph of Saul [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOECKE, Jan van den]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 59 x 86 cm ## Commentary Initially Jan van den Hoecke painted in a style associated with that of Rubens's later work; he had in fact worked with him in the 1630s. His earliest work consists mainly of biblical pictures. Particularly worthy of mention are his oil sketches for Old Testament scenes probably intended as an integrated series. The present oil sketch belongs to this series. In this scene, Saul, the King of Israel, rides in triumph on a horse-drawn chariot, surrounded by his war trophies, towards the walls of a city attended by his soldiers. David holds the head of the felled Philistine giant Goliath. They are greeted by women and children playing instruments. ## 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 David]() - [Triumph of Time]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()