King David the Psalmist (detail)

Designer: Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Manufacturer: Morris & Co.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Photograph and text George P. Landow

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Note the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove perched on David's shoulder, which inspires his singing and — according one common Victorian belief — provides him with a vision of the coming messiah. Compare Dante Gabriel Rosetti's harp-playing David in The Seed of David, his triptych in Llandalf Cathedral

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Last modified 27 January 2008