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Painting of a bearded older man in a white turban and fur-trimmed robe, resting his hand on a scroll at a red-draped table.

King David in a Fur-Trimmed Robe and Turban

A bearded older man in a white turban and fur-trimmed robe leans at a red-draped table, one hand resting on an unrolled scroll while he gazes off to the left. Painted in warm browns and reds, with soft light on the fur and face, the half-length portrait is titled Koning David (King David) in the museum record.

Artist
Aert de Gelder
Date
1680-1685
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3473 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1685.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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