# David Playing the Harp before Saul [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PRETI, Mattia]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 209 x 302 cm ## Commentary David Playing the Harp before Saul c. 1670 Oil on canvas, 209 x 302 cm Private collection This painting marks the transition to Preti's late style, which can be characterized by a more muted palette. ## Related artworks - [A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ]() - [Absalom's Feast]() - [Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Fleeing Troy]() - [Beheading of St. Catherine]() - [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery]() - [Christ in Glory]() - [Concert \(detail\)]() - [Concert]() - [Decollation of St John \(detail\)]() - [Erminia, Princess of Antioch]() - [Painting in the choir: Crucifixion of St Andrew]() - [Painting in the choir: Entombment]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()