Art, literature & history
David Offering the Head of Goliath to King Saul
1650s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- red chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 28.6 × 25.8 cm (11 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.) framed: 60.96 × 45.72 cm (24 × 18 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.8863
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Bartolomeo Biscaino. David Offering the Head of Goliath to King Saul. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
David Offering the Head of Goliath to King Saul — Bartolomeo Biscaino. 1650s.
Medium: red chalk on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 28.6 × 25.8 cm (11 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.) framed: 60.96 × 45.72 cm (24 × 18 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.8863. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.