The Triumph of David Frame:gold Margaret Morris (Mannings and Postle

Margaret Morris (Mannings and Postle

because of damage to the top part of the canvas or because of its erotic content

Connell & Sons Ltd) and lot 40 ('Portrait of Miss Morris

16-18: having learnt from the wise men of the birth in Bethlehem of the King of the Jews

in which he was a colleague of William Cartwright the younger

The Triumph of David Frame:gold Margaret Morris (Mannings and PostleIn the Triumph of David, Poussin takes as his starting point two texts from the Book of Samuel, creating one of his most theatrical and elegant compositions. An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged. Above the podium of the temple, rhythmically interspersed between the fluted columns, men and women rejoice at David's triumphal entry. A crowd of spectators occupies the foreground and witnesses the event;