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Bathsheba at Her Bath (or Bathsheba with King David's Letter) is an oil painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt (1606–1669), finished in 1654.. A depiction that is both sensual and empathetic, it shows a moment from the Old Testament story related in 2 Samuel 11 in which King David sees Bathsheba bathing and, entranced, impregnates her. [1]
The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe is a play by George Peele, based on the biblical story of David, Bathsheba, and Absalom in 2 Samuel. Probably written in the early 1590s, it was entered into the Stationers' Register on 14 May 1594 and published in 1599, after Peele's death, by the printer Adam Islip. [ 1 ]
2011 Jill Eileen Smith's Bathsheba: A Novel (The Wives of King David), 2015 The life of King David, as narrated by the prophet Nathan, and including the story of Uriah and Bathsheba, is the subject of the novel The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. [39] 2015 Angela Hunt's Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty (A Dangerous Beauty Novel)
David has relations with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and she becomes pregnant. David orders Uriah to be placed in the heaviest part of the fighting. Uriah is consequently killed, and David marries Bathsheba. PEOPLE: David - Joab - Bathsheba - Uriah the Hittite - יהוה YHVH. PLACES: Israel - Rabbah - Jerusalem - Tubas
Bathsheba with David's Letter is a 1654 oil on canvas painting by Willem Drost, showing the Biblical character Bathsheba.It was produced just before the artist set out for Italy and at the same time as his teacher Rembrandt's Bathsheba at Her Bath [1] - both works opt not to show King David witnessing her bathing but her receiving his letter afterwards, giving a more introspective feel ...
The central figure is Bathsheba, a character from the Bible. She was the wife of Uriah the Hittite. The story, related in 2 Samuel 11 describes how King David, who is shown as a small figure on a balcony in the top left corner, saw Bathsheba bathing and fell in love with her. This painting shows her receiving the letter from David, inviting her ...
1997 Solomon, a sequel to David, with Max von Sydow playing an older King David. [173] 2009 Kings, a re-imagining loosely based on the biblical story, with David played by Christopher Egan. [174] King David is the focus of the second episode of History Channel's Battles BC documentary, which detailed all of his military exploits in the bible. [175]
The subject, traditionally called Bathsheba at her Bath, is drawn from the Second Book of Samuel, in 2 Samuel 11, which recounts that while Bathsheba was being washed, she was seen by King David from his palace balcony. David was instantaneously smitten with Bathsheba - he invited her to his palace chambers and proceeded to seduce and ...