# David and Abigail

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz.](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 89 x 142 cm

## Commentary

Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert was one of the most prominent of the so-called &#39;Pre-Rembrandist&#39; school of history and landscape painters working in Amsterdam, who, during the 1620s, shook off the shackles of Mannerism and paved the way for the later achievements of Rembrandt. The subject of this painting, the Offering of Abigail or David and Abigail, \(1 Samuel. 25\) is the encounter between the Old Testament king and Abigail, a woman of Judaea.

## Related artworks

- [Abraham and Lot Divide the Land](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/abraham-and-lot-divide-the-land-rab7eff65588a94>)
- [Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianitic](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/moses-ordering-the-slaughter-of-the-midianitic-r7e2d620abe12e3>)
- [Triumph of Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/triumph-of-bacchus-rd913f00b1b8c25>)

## Attribution

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