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Saul

Also known as: Saul; primary name: Saul; other name: (King of) Israel
Details: individual; biblical figure; Male
Biography: Old Testament figure; first king of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin (q.v.), he initiated a feud with David (q.v.). Saul died with Jonathan (q.v.) on Mount Gilboa, in battle.

165 related objects

book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.86.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerPublished by:Melchior Trechsel |
Production date: 1525-1526 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.86.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerPublished by:Melchior Trechsel |
Production date: 1525-1526 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

bowl

Museum number: 1863,0428.12 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

chape

Museum number: 1863,0428.16 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London Bridge

dagger

Museum number: 1863,0428.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tipperary (county)

dish

Museum number: 1863,0428.10 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cannon Street (Dover)

draughts-piece

Museum number: 1879,0705.26

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0113.768 |
Producer name: Drawn by:François VerdierFormerly attributed to:Charles Le Brun |
Production date: 1650-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1874,1212.130 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1775-1780

drawing

Museum number: T,4.58 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1874,1212.120 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1780-1785

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.177 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Circle/School of:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1939,0731.15 |
Producer name: BIOG51781 Drawn by:David Wilkie Wynfield |
Production date: 1837-1887

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.113 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1008.17 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Bernard van OrleyFormerly attributed to:Pieter Coecke van Aelst I |
Production date: 1520-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1008.13 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Bernard van OrleyFormerly attributed to:Pieter Coecke van Aelst I |
Production date: 1520-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1008.15 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Bernard van OrleyFormerly attributed to:Pieter Coecke van Aelst I |
Production date: 1520-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.178 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Willem DrostFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

drawing; album

Museum number: 1886,0104.3.44 |
Producer name: BIOG49398 Drawn by:Raffaello Vanni |
Production date: 1653

jar

Museum number: 1863,0428.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cannon Street (Dover)

jar

Museum number: 1863,0428.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Strood

medal

Museum number: M.7919 |
Producer name: BIOG115280 Designed by:Jan Smeltzing |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: M.7921 |
Producer name: BIOG105613 Designed by:Nicholas Chevalier |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Title: Thomason Medallic Bible |
Museum number: 1970,0405.38 |
Producer name: Issuer:Franklin MintAfter:Edward Thomason |
Production date: 1970 |
Production place: Made in:USA

medal

Title: Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures |
Museum number: 2003,0361.38 |
Producer name: BIOG116427 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Edward Thomason |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1905,1013.1 |
Producer name: BIOG105613 Designed by:Nicholas Chevalier |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: G3,EM.343 |
Producer name: BIOG105613 Designed by:Nicholas Chevalier |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

mortarium

Museum number: 1863,0428.11 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British

plaque

Museum number: 1863,0428.15 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Goswell Street

print

Museum number: 1949,0709.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1549

print; book-illustration

Title: David playing before Saul |
Museum number: 1928,1210.266 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Carle Van Loo |
Production date: 1763-1767

print

Museum number: 1870,0514.2358 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1730-1754

print

Museum number: W,7.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1730-1754

print

Title: The story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0709.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.71.75 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1670-1671

print

Title: Saül Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1860,0728.218 |
Producer name: Printed by:Charles MottePrint made by:Alexandre Evariste Fragonard |
Production date: 1825-1829 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Royal-Size Bible Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti |
Museum number: 1939,0130.1.36 |
Producer name: Published by:Claes Jansz. VisscherPublished by:Nicolaes Visscher I |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Saul post cladem, et necem filiorum sibi mortem co Old Testament scenes |
Museum number: X,3.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio TempestaPublished by:Nicolas van Aelst |
Production date: 1613 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1197 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print; album; ornament print

Title: Grandes cheminées à la romaine |
Museum number: 1937,0915.445.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean LepautrePublished by:Pierre Mariette II |
Production date: 1663 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Ars moriendi |
Museum number: 1892,1201.1.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the BlumenrahmenAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1450-1470

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 1871,0610.747 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1875,0710.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 1841,0809.208 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: W,7.132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1730-1754

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 1838,0714.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.2927 |
Producer name: Print made by:Moyses van WtenbrouckPublished by:Jan van de Velde II |
Production date: 1620

print

Museum number: W,7.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1730-1754

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1841,0313.39 |
Producer name: BIOG46019 Print made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1764-1824

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 1841,0809.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.453 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.1444-1446 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Parker |
Production date: 1784-1803

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.964 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1500-1525

print

Title: David spareth Saul at Hachilah Illustrations of the Bible |
Museum number: 1895,0419.1.16 |
Producer name: BIOG37430 Print made by:John Martin |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: The story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0709.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1556

print

Title: Patientiæ Triumphus |
Museum number: 1925,0912.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1559

print

Museum number: 1870,0514.2359 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1730-1754

print

Museum number: W,4.22 |
Producer name: BIOG41629 After:Perino del Vaga |
Production date: 1530-1560

print

Title: Saul, David and Solomon Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.200 |
Producer name: After:Maarten de VosPublished by:Gerard de Jode |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Encomium musices |
Museum number: 1996,1103.23 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der StraetPublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1589-1590

print

Title: Saul post cladem, et necem filiorum sibi mortem co Sacra Bella Sanctae Veterum Bibliorum Historiae .. |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.19 |
Producer name: After:Antonio TempestaPublished by:Pieter de Jode I |
Production date: 1613-1618 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Saul and the Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 2015,7106.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel EhingerAfter:Johann Heinrich Schönfeld |
Production date: 1660-1670

print

Title: The Story of Saul and David |
Museum number: 1937,0915.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1590

print

Title: The Story of Saul and David |
Museum number: 1937,0915.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1590

print

Title: Cognition and the Seven Virtues |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Gerard Groenning |
Production date: 1567-1570 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.232 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Carle Van Loo |
Production date: 1769

print

Title: The Story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1949,0406.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1579

print

Title: The Story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.111.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: Q,4.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1638

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1895,0420.235 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Johann TeufelPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1572 |
Production place: Published in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

print

Title: Acts of the apostles |
Museum number: 1925,1117.62 |
Producer name: BIOG47703 Print made by:Lambert Suavius |
Production date: 1550-1567

print; book-illustration

Title: Saul and the Witch of Endor Ostervald's Bible |
Museum number: 1872,1012.490 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham HunterPublished by:Matthew Brown |
Production date: 1790-93 |
Production place: Published in:Newcastle upon Tyne

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1927,0430.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tobias StimmerPrinted by:Theodosius Rihel |
Production date: 1574 1578 |
Production place: Printed in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.424 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van TroyenPublished by:Govaerdt Schovaerdts |
Production date: 1625-1666 |
Production place: Published in:Brussels

print; book-illustration

Title: Icones Biblicae |
Museum number: 1857,1212.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:Matthäus Merian IPublished by:Matthäus Merian I |
Production date: 1625-1630 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print

Title: Saul und die Zauberin |
Museum number: 1884,0809.14 |
Producer name: After:Benjamin WestPrint made by:Henry Winkles |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:Karlsruhe (town)

print; book-illustration

Title: Old Testament Illustrations |
Museum number: 1875,0710.269 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sebald BehamPrinted by:Christian Egenolph |
Production date: 1533 |
Production place: Printed in:Frankfurt am Main

print; book-illustration

Title: Icones Biblicae |
Museum number: 1857,1212.125 |
Producer name: Print made by:Matthäus Merian IPublished by:Matthäus Merian I |
Production date: 1625-1630 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,0304.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg LembergerPrinted by:Hans Lufft |
Production date: 1532-1540 1550 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,0304.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg LembergerPrinted by:Hans Lufft |
Production date: 1550 1532-1540 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,0304.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg LembergerPrinted by:Hans Lufft |
Production date: 1550 1532-1540 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.159 |
Producer name: After:Bernard SalomonPublished by:Jean de Tournes |
Production date: 1553-1564 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

print; book-illustration

Title: The Witch of Endor Summoning up the Spirit of Samuel |
Museum number: 1863,0509.34 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:Thomas Holloway |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: David playing before Saul |
Museum number: 2016,7003.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel S SmithAfter:David Wilkie Wynfield |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The witch of En-dor |
Museum number: 1876,0510.714 |
Producer name: After:Isaac Taylor (III, Taylor of Stanford Rivers)Print made by:Isaac Taylor (II, Taylor of Ongar) |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Saul's body exposed |
Museum number: 1876,0510.715 |
Producer name: After:Isaac Taylor (III, Taylor of Stanford Rivers)Print made by:Isaac Taylor (II, Taylor of Ongar) |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: S,1.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Saul presenting his Daughter to David |
Museum number: 1956,0725.92 |
Producer name: After:William HamiltonPrint made by:P Thomson |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Witch of Endor |
Museum number: 1838,0714.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1788 1789-1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans FlorisPrint made by:Jocodus de Curia |
Production date: 1555

print

Museum number: 1917,0714.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans FlorisPrint made by:Jocodus de Curia |
Production date: 1555

print

Museum number: 1852,0612.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans FlorisPrint made by:Jocodus de Curia |
Production date: 1555

print

Title: The Story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IIAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1579

print

Museum number: 1929,0114.14 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Title: The Story of David and Saul |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.788 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Philippe Joseph Tassaert |
Production date: 1756-1768

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,1112.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Swart van GroningenPublished by:Willem Vorsterman |
Production date: 1528 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: David trionfante di Golia e de' filistei |
Museum number: 1865,1111.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Filippo CarrocciPublished by:Domenico de' Rossi |
Production date: 1647-1729 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1873,1213.576 |
Producer name: After:Carle Van LooPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1769

print

Museum number: X,6.42 |
Producer name: After:Carle Van LooPrint made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)