ID: 700002197 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002197	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mercy: David Spareth Saul's Life (painting (visual work); Richard Dadd (British, 1817 - 1886) (British Artist); 1854; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.PA.32)

Note: King David exemplified mercy and self-restraint in preventing his companion Abishai from killing the sleeping King Saul. To show this Old Testament subject, rarely seen in Victorian painting, Dadd mixed historical events, modern passions, and perhaps personal associations. After delusions led him to kill his father in 1843, he continued making art while confined to a mental hospital.

Titles:

Mercy: David Spareth Saul's Life (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1854

Creator Display:

Richard Dadd (British, 1817 - 1886) (British Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Dadd, Richard (English painter, 1817-1886) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500014877]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 87.PA.32

Other: Former: England [7002445] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 87.6 x 77.2 x 8.9 cm (34 1/2 x 30 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Victorian [300021232] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern British styles and movements>, <modern British styles by reign>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	David, King of Israel [901001014]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saul, King of Israel [901000119]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	murder (death) [300069676]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths) (AAT)

	religion (belief system) [300073708]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription on back of canvas (now covered by relining canvas): "Mercy David Spareth Saul's life. / 1.[st] Samuel. Chap.[r] 26...[portion of inscription missing] / by Richard Dadd. / 1854".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Mercy: David Spareth Saul's Life	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)