# David and Bathsheba

- By: Carl Blechen (German, 1798 - 1840)
- Date: 1825/1828
- Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: sheet: 20.8 x 27.1 cm (8 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Culture: German
- Credit line: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.139202.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/a163ef08-0e9f-4eed-86cc-3b4a3e60dbe2/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)