Bathsheba at her Toilet, Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1594

Identification

Title(s)

Bathsheba at her Toilet
Bathsheba in the Bath

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3892

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘CCH 1594’

Description

Het toilet van Bathseba. Bathseba badend met twee dienaressen, waarvan één een zwarte vrouw. Links een fontein in de vorm van een naakte vrouw.

Creation

Artist

painter: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (mentioned on object)

Dating

1594

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 77.5 cm × width 64 cm
height 99.5 cm × width 85 cm × thickness 5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1955

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier, Paris, sold on the premises by Ch. Pillet and E. Escribe (auction house not known), 27 (31) March 1865 sqq., no. 144, frs. 360, to K. de Russieres or to de Russiere;{Copy RKD 1; Copy RKD 2.} …; from the dealer A. Bloch, Paris, fl.22,406.50, to the museum, 1955

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Cornelis van Haarlem 1562-1638, p. 67, afb. 59
Black is beautiful : Rubens tot Dumas, Ellen Ombre, Esther Schreuder, p. 74, afb. 23
Black is beautiful : Rubens to Dumas, p. 74, afb. 23
Rembrandt and the female nude, Eric Jan Sluijter, p. 62-63, afb. 326
Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem 1562-1638 : a monograph and catalogue raisonné, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, Diane L. Webb, cat.nr. 25
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 175
Aanwinsten : 1 Mei 1954 - 1 Juni 1955, p. 68, afb. 1
'Naaktverkiezing', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 23-49, afb. p. 25.

Persistent URL

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