Artist: Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Title: David brings the gold shield to Jerusalem
Medium: Antique engraving on laid paper after the original by master engraver Nicolas Chaperon (French, 1612 – 1656).
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left
Dimensions: Image size: 9 5/8 x 11 inches
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 5/8 x 19 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ~ 2 Samuel 8:7
Raphael, Italian in full Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santi was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.