The Bathsheba at Her Bath (finished in 1654) depicts Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite at the moment she was seen by King David from the roof of his palace. According to the Biblical story, David had her then brought to him to sleep with her. Since she became pregnant, David recalled her husband from the army, hoping that he would sleep with his wife and think that he is the father of the child. But because Uriah didn’t consume his marriage, the King sent him to sure death by ordering his general to place him in the front lines. After Uriah’s death, David married the widowed Bathsheba. The painting is today displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Bathsheba at Her Bath
Artworks by Rembrandt van Rijn
Print code: FA0041
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