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Bathsheba

Maker

Matthias Scheits (artist)
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

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

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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].

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