King David

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna) King David inscribed 'GLORIOSA DICTA SVNT DE TE CIVITAS DEI. PSALM.S 86.' (lower right, on the tablet held by David) oil on canvas 88 x 67 in. (223.5 x 170.2 cm.) in a George III carved and gilt-gesso frame designed by James 'Athenian' Stuart for Spencer House and possibly carved by Thomas Vardy, circa 1768, carved with lotus and acanthus buds, egg and dart and an outer palmette band, and with a cavetto moulded, foliate, beaded and egg and dart edge 101½ x 80¼ x 4¾ in. (258 x 204 x 12 cm.)