Rembrandt: Bathsheba at Her Bath
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669) |
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Alternative names |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn |
Description |
Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
15 July 1606 |
4 October 1669 |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
Bathsheba with David's letter
label QS:Lit,"Batsabea con la lettera di David"
label QS:Lfr,"Bethsabée recevant la lettre de David"
label QS:Lpl,"Batszeba z listem Dawida"
label QS:Lnl,"Batseba met de brief van David"
label QS:Lde,"Bathseba mit Davids Brief"
label QS:Len,"Bathsheba with David's letter"
label QS:Les,"Betsabé con la carta de David"
label QS:Lmk,"Витсавеа со писмото од Давид"
label QS:Lhu,"Betsabé Dávid király levelével" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Depicted people |
Bathsheba |
Date |
1654 date QS:P571,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 142 cm (55.9 in); width: 142 cm (55.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,142U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,142U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
Current location |
not on view |
Accession number |
MI 957 |
Place of creation |
Amsterdam |
Object history |
by 25 May 1811 date QS:P,+1811-05-25T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1811-05-25T00:00:00Z/11 : William Young Ottley (1771-1836), London
25 May 1811: purchased by Philips at the sale of the collection of William Young Ottley at Christie, London, lot no. 90, for 189 guineas (as ‘Bathsheba.Though deficient in beauty, the Head of Bathsheba is not wanting in expression; she is just informed of the passion of David, and her countenance is clouded with the melancholy forebodings of its fatal consequences. For effect and colouring the merit of this picture, which is one of the Artist's most studied works, is superlative.’)
4 March 1837: purchased by Peacock, London, at the sale of the collection of William Young Ottley , lot no. 92, for 105 guineas (as ‘Bathsheba seated upon some white drapery, a rich dress lying by her side - an attendant is drying her foot; a wonderfull specimen of the power of this great master. A picture of the first consequence.’)
Comte Joseph Maison (Nicolas-Joseph Maison (1771-1840)?), Paris
by 16 March 1843date QS:P,+1843-03-16T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1843-03-16T00:00:00Z/11 : Paul Casimir-Perier (1812-1897), Paris
16 March 1843–17 March 1843: purchased by Auguste Casimir-Perier (1811-1876) or Paul Casimir-Perier at the sale of the collection of Paul-Casimir Périer at C.P.: Bonnefons, Paris, lot no. 35, for FRF 6,350 (as ‘Susanne au bain. Toile, haut. 1 m. 42 cent., larg. 1 m. 40 cent. (cabinet de M. le comte Maison) (cabinet de M. P. Perier)’)
1848: purchased by Dr. Louis La Caze (1798-1869), Paris, from Auguste or Paul Casimir-Perier
1869: bequeathed to the Louvre Museum, Paris, by Dr. Louis La Caze
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt. Étude photographique et radiographique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1955–1956, cat. no. 15.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no. 65.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no. 13.
Le siècle de Rembrandt, tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 17 November 1970–15 February 1971, Cat.no. 178.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 39.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 36.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 32.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left:
Rembrandt ft. 1654
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References |
Base Atlas. as Bethsabée au bain tenant la lettre de David. Base Joconde, as BETHSABEE AU BAIN. RKDimages, Art-work number 50801, as Bathsheba with letter of king David
Web Gallery of Art, as Bathsheba at Her Bath.
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Source/Photographer |
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