Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1656

Bathing Bathsheba

oil on canvas (258 × 218 cm) — 1650
Neues Palais, Potsdam

Artemisia Gentileschi biography

This work is linked to 2 Samuel 11:2

Pretty Bathsheba has finished her bath. She is fixing her hair, using the mirror held by a servant. Other servants walk around.

Perhaps she has already received and read King David's letter. David has been watching her from his balcony and asks her to pay him a visit.

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