
Bathsheba at her bath
Oil on canvas
80½ by 61¼ in.; 204.5 by 155.5 cm.
Private collection
According to the Hebrew Bible, “Bat Sheva,” , “daughter of the oath”; was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. She is most known for the Bible story in which she was summoned by King David who had seen her bathing and lusted after her…
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