Artemisia Gentileschi - Bathsheba at Her Bath 1637-1638

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Artemisia Gentileschi - Bathsheba at Her Bath 1637-1638

Bathsheba at Her Bath 1637-1638
204x155cm oil/canvas
Private Collection
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From Sotheby’s:
This impressive full-scale depiction of Bathsheba at her bath was painted by Artemisia Gentileschi, probably in the 1640s at the height of her maturity. The painting is offered here at auction for the first time in its history.
Sometimes presented by latter-day scholars as a proto-feminist, Artemisia revelled in depictions of female heroines such as Judith and Sisera, as well as more traditional subjects such as Cleopatra, Danae, and female personifications of allegories. In the present work the heroine is at her toilet, attended to by two maid-servants. It successfully combines two of Artemisia’s career-long interests: the magnificence of the female form and the voluminous depiction of sumptuous fabrics, particularly in evidence in Bathsheba's yellow drapery.