Bathsheba
Maker
Matthias Scheits (artist)
ca.1630-ca.1700 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1696-1776
ca.1630-ca.1700 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1696-1776
Title
Bathsheba
Date of Production
18th century
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3371
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: upper right, plate number : Pl.65
Inscription: recto: upper right, page number : pa.692.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist : M Scheits delin.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver : G Vander Gucht Sculp.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, bible verse [intersperced flourished may indicate ellipses] : And the Woman was very beautiful to look upon. [flourish] And David sent & enquird after / her & one said is not this Bathesheba. [flourish] And David sent Mefsengers & took her / & she came in unto him & he lay with her. 2d. B. Sam. 11 Ch. V. 2.3.4. [flourish]
Inscription: recto: handwritten in graphite: Lerin [illegible].
Inscription: recto: upper right, page number : pa.692.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist : M Scheits delin.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver : G Vander Gucht Sculp.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, bible verse [intersperced flourished may indicate ellipses] : And the Woman was very beautiful to look upon. [flourish] And David sent & enquird after / her & one said is not this Bathesheba. [flourish] And David sent Mefsengers & took her / & she came in unto him & he lay with her. 2d. B. Sam. 11 Ch. V. 2.3.4. [flourish]
Inscription: recto: handwritten in graphite: Lerin [illegible].
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