# The Meeting between David and Abigail [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SPIERING, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Tapestry, 211 x 627 cm ## Commentary The Meeting between David and Abigail c. 1620 Tapestry, 211 x 627 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In 1620, the Swedish royal household, the most prestigious client of the Spiering workshop, ordered forty-six tapestry weavings, including four caparisons. The Flemish emigrant David Vinckboons supplied the designs. After 1620, when François Spiering retired, his sons Aert \(1593-1650\) and Pieter \(d. 1652\) took over the business. ## Related artworks - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana \(detail\)]() - [Amadigi Rescuing Oriana]() - [Caparison]() - [Cephalus and Procris \(detail\)]() - [Cephalus and Procris]() - [Jupiter and Callisto]() - [Niobe's Pride]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula \(detail\)]() - [Scenes from the Amadigi di Gaula]() - [The Liberation of Oriane]() - [Urgande Handing over the Lance to Amadis]() - [Valois Tapestries: Festival on the Water]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()