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Bathsheba at Her Bath

c. 1700

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The story

Walking on his palace roof, King David saw Bathsheba bathing, sent for her and made her pregnant. When her husband Uriah would not unknowingly cover for him, David had him placed at the front of the battle, where he was killed, and then married her.

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Object details

Title: Bathsheba at Her Bath
Artist: Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Date: c. 1700
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0503
Original image: 2236 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari. Bathsheba at Her Bath. c. 1700. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0503/