Look at Rembrandt’s 1654 painting, “Bathsheba at Her Bath,” and you quickly understand why the Dutch painter was a master of light and shadow. King David’s concubine, in all her ample ...

He also painted biblical and historical scenes, such as "Bathsheba at Her Bath." In 2009, a Christie's auction of another Rembrandt portrait set a world record: "Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo ...

Amsterdam may have capitulated to the whoremongers, real and metaphorical, years ago, but the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth evokes the Dutch Golden Age, ...

Together with the Met’s dozen or so paintings — including “The Toilet of Bathsheba” (1643) and “Aristotle With the Bust of Homer” (1663) — and the Frick’s “Self Portrait” (1658) and “The Polish Rider” ...

Sister Teresa Keswick on Bathsheba at her Bath by Rembrandt ‘This is the finest portrayal of sadness that I know. We are shown a Bathsheba who has hindsight and, therefore, knows the consequence of ...

Rembrandt, “Bathsheba at Her Bath” (1654), oil on canvas, 142 x 142 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris (via Web Gallery of Art) Interspersed among the paintings are prints and drawings.

THE seduction of Bathsheba by King David is a story that has enjoyed enormous popularity as a theme among the most celebrated artists, ranging from Rembrandt and Paul Cezanne to Marc Chagall and ...