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Initial D: Samuel Anointing David
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Master of the Ingeborg PsalterFrench Illuminator · 1195–1210
All works by this person →Scholars named the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter for a manuscript of the psalms he illuminated, together with another painter, for Queen Ingeborg of France. In the years around 1200, he was active in northeastern France. The style of the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter represents a turning point in the history of European painting, when artists left behind abstract and highly stylized forms in fav
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- after 1205
- Medium
- Tempera colors and gold leaf
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Samuel, a prophet renowned throughout the land, pours oil from a flask over the head of the young David, who was summoned so hurriedly from the fields where he tended sheep that he still grasps his shepherd's crook. David's anointing signaled the special role he would play in the future as the King of Israel. The image, which introduces Psalm 26, was inspired by the psalm's title, "The psalm of David before he was anointed."
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