David with the Head of Goliath (around 1607) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, is a Baroque painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio.
The painting can be compared with the David with the Head of Goliath in the Galleria Borghese, but the Vienna painting is less 'dark' in mood and the David more triumphan. The exact moment depicted appears to be that referred to in Samuel 17:57: "When David came back after killing the Philistine, Abner took him and presented him to Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand."
The painting can be compared with the David with the Head of Goliath in the Galleria Borghese, but the Vienna painting is less 'dark' in mood and the David more triumphan. The exact moment depicted appears to be that referred to in Samuel 17:57: "When David came back after killing the Philistine, Abner took him and presented him to Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand."
The pose is a usual one for the episode, showing David striding
in triumph with the head in his hand. Death and decapitation were common themes in the Caravaggio paintings.
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