The Triumph of David Poussin On the right the flagship

On the right the flagship of the English Streights Fleet

she was not inevitably destined to be Queen and was frequently pitied as a fatherless child

Meijer (oral communication

is probably more of a general comment on Rembrandt's ability to seduce his viewers with an illusion than a strictly factual anecdote

but he was later also influenced by Jan Steen

The Triumph of David Poussin On the right the flagshipIn 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;