"The Shepherd David" is based on the biblical story in which David proves that he is worthy to fight Goliath by telling that he fought wild animals that threatened his flock. Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau shows a young David kneeling victoriously on a dead lion as he holds a lamb in the curve of his right arm. As he stares at the sky, he gestures upwards with his left hand to the source of his strength.
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