ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 202v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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David: Slinging at Goliath—Within a landscape with buildings, David, holding staff in his left hand, swings a sling with a stone above his head toward Goliath, who is in armor and strikes David's staff with a mace. He carries a shield on his back and a sword in his belt.
David: beheading Goliath―The border frames a scene in which David beheads with his sword a prostrate Goliath. His mace is on ground beside his body