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 focussed on Bathsheba's psychological conflict over the adultery to which David invites her.[1][2]
It is known to have been in the collection of Jean-Jacques-Joseph Leroy d'Etiolles, a renowned 19th-century surgeon, and then that of Louis Alfred Caroillon de Vandeul, mayor of Soisy-sur-Seine, who bequeathed it to the Louvre, where it still hangs.[3][4]
- ^ a b (in Japanese)『ルーヴル美術館展 17世紀ヨーロッパ絵画』ルーヴル美術館、国立西洋美術館、京都市美術館、日本テレビ放送網（2009年） ("Louvre Museum Exhibition: 17th Century European Paintings" Louvre Museum , National Museum of Western Art , Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art , Nippon Television Network Corporation) (2009), page 198
- ^ "WGA entry".
- ^ (in Dutch) "RKD entry".
- ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".