David, lying in a four-poster bed. On the table next to the bed is a crown, against the table is a harp - references to David's kingship and musical gifts. In the background a scene from the story of David and Bathsheba: Bathsheba takes a bath in the presence of two women, David looks up from the roof of his palace. Beneath the scene a two-line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight penitent sinners, each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musical) angels in a wreath of clouds, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner concerned, below the performance two lines of text in Latin, David as a penitent sinner Eight penitent sinners from the Old and New Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (attributed to), Karel van Mander (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1595 - 1596, paper, engraving, h