About the creation
David Slays the Lion
Artist name: Unknown artist
David, caped and haloed, grasps a huge lion, which he is about to strike with a branch. Beneath the lion lies a dead lamb.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Source: I Samuel 17
Technique: Embossed silver
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date: 629
Dimensions: 13.9 x 2.4
