David: Did you mean...?

A 1754 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). (National Galleries Scotland)

A 17th century CE painting by Rembrandt of the future King David of Israel playing the harp to soothe the tormented mind of Saul. (Stadel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany)

David and Goliath, oil on canvas painting by Titian, c. 1542-1544. Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.

A painting by Caravaggio (1571-1610 CE) of David, the future king of Israel, with the head of the giant Goliath whom he slew with a sling stone. (Galleria Borghese, Rome)

A 14th century CE medieval manuscript showing David II of Scotland (1329-1371 CE) on the left and Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) on the right.

A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)

A medieval fresco of the Georgian King David IV (r. 1089-1125 CE) from Gelati Monastery.

An illustration of David I of Scotland (r. 1124-1153 CE). From the 1159 CE charter of Kelso Abbey.

A portrait of General David Leslie, Lord Newark (c. 1600-82) who commanded the Scottish garrison at Edinburgh during the Third English Civil War (1650-1). Leslie was defeated by the English Parliament's New Model Army...

Image of author David Tollen.