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Bathsheba at her Toilet
Also titled Het toilet van Bathseba
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (Haarlem, 1562–1638)
1594
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 77.5 cm x width 64 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed
About this work
Bathsheba bathes out of doors assisted by two maidservants. King David spies the young woman from the roof of his palace and instantly falls in love. In this painting, the king remains unseen as Cornelisz van Haarlem depicted the Old Testament story from his point of view. We, the viewers, assume the role of David spying on the three nude women.
