Samuel Anointing David

after Maerten van Heemskerck

National Gallery of Art

The image shows multiple individuals in a scene where a person is being anointed. The central figure is kneeling with hands held together in front of them. An elderly figure next to them is pouring liquid onto their head from a horn-shaped vessel. Other figures surround them, some with their hands together or outstretched. The background includes a stone structure on the left and rocky terrain on the right, with additional figures present. In the top left, there are clouds and winds swirling around a man playing a lyre.