Gentileschi, Artemisia (2) 아르테미시아 젠틸레스키
Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1656
Bathing Bathsheba
oil on canvas (258 × 218 cm) — 1650
Artemisia Gentileschi biography
This work is linked to 2 Samuel 11:2
Art and the Bible - 2 Samuel 11 - Old Testament
2 Samuel 11 1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried sti
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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 King David's message. David has been watching her from his balcony (top left) and asks her to pay him a visit.
Gentileschi depicted the subject several times.
The Palazzo Pitti owns a copy (pictured above) almost identical to the Potsdam version. It was restored in 2008, revealing the original fresh colors.