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 Mædmonað 1606 |
4 Winterfylleð 1669 |
Location of birth/death |
Leyden |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
circa 1625 - 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 translate
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 |
Tælmearc |
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; width: 142 cm dimensions QS:P2048,142U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,142U174728 |
Collection |
Louvre
(Inventory) |
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Native name |
Louvre Museum |
Location |
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Coordinates |
48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E |
Established |
10 Weodmonað 1793 |
Webbsīde |
www.louvre.fr |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
Current location |
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Accession number |
MI 957 |
Place of creation |
Amsterdam |
Object history |
by 25 Þrimilcemonað 1811 date QS:P,+1811-05-25T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1811-05-25T00:00:00Z/11 : William Young Ottley (1771-1836), Lunden
25 Þrimilcemonað 1811: purchased by Philips at the sale of the collection of William Young Ottley at Christie, Lunden, 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 Hreðmonað 1837: purchased by Peacock, Lunden, 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 Hreðmonað 1843date QS:P,+1843-03-16T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1843-03-16T00:00:00Z/11 : Paul Casimir-Perier (1812-1897), Paris
16 Hreðmonað 1843–17 Hreðmonað 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 6,350 FRF (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, 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 Þrimilcemonað 1956–5 Weodmonað 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no. 65.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 Haligmonað 1969–30 Blotmonað 1969, cat. no. 13.
Le siècle de Rembrandt, tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 17 Blotmonað 1970–15 Solmonaþ 1971, Cat.no. 178.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 Haligmonað 1991–10 Blotmonað 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 Ærra Geola 1991–1 Hreðmonað 1992, National Gallery, Lunden, 26 Hreðmonað 1992–24 Þrimilcemonað 1992, Cat.no. 39.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 Solmonaþ 2006–18 Searmonað 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 36.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 Winterfylleð 2008–6 Æfterra Geola 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 32.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and dæȝ :
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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