The Seed of David

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1864 Triptych commissioned as the reredos for the high altar at the time of the restoration of Llandaff Cathedral by Prichard and Seddon. Either side of a Nativity scene are portrayals of David as shepherd and king. medium: oil on canvas technique: painting size: 313.8 x 429.6 cm artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff  (ObjectID=1818 ImageID=3981) Original File Name=Llandaff2_DSC0105.jpg

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• David as musician, usually playing the harp 
• David as shepherd 
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]

David Jasper, 'Pre-Raphaelite Biblical Art in Wales' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 143-7.

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