David: "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6

Frederic Leighton’s painting, “David: "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6,” dates to 1865. It is an oil on fabric. The title is a quotation from Psalm 55:6.

The painting is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art. It measures several feet in height and width, typical of Leighton’s large-scale works.

Leighton was briefly Baron Leighton before dying in 1896. His peerage is the shortest-lived in history.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.74