Cornelis Molenaer, called Schele Neel (cica 1540 -1589?) and Gillis Mostaert I (1534-1598)

David and Abigail

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Cornelis Molenaer, called Schele Neel (cica 1540 -1589?) and Gillis Mostaert I (1534-1598)
David and Abigail
indistinctly signed (?) CM (linked) lower left
oil on canvas, transferred from panel
102.3 x 153.4 cm

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Compare with the picture of the Good Samaritan, signed by Molenaer, oil on panel, 99 x 150 cm, in the Gemldegalerie Berlin (H.G. Franz, Niederlndische Landschaftsmalerei, 1969, II, p.190, fig.373).

The subject is taken from I Samuel XXV:23-24.

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