Rembrandt

The Toilet of Bathsheba



Rembrandt - The Toilet of Bathsheba



Rembrandt
The Toilet of Bathsheba
1643
57.2 x 76.2 cm
Oil on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 40 info
Bredius 513
Bauch 25 (Rembrandt) info
Gerson 213
Bredius/Gerson 513 info
Tümpel A1 (pupil of Rembrandt)
Corpus V 2 (pupil of Rembrandt with intervention by Rembrandt)
Giltaij 553 (pupil of Rembrandt)

Collection catalogues
Walter Liedtke, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2007, nr. 149 info
Annette de Vries, Passie voor schilderijen, Leiden, 2012, nr. 65

Literature
Duncan Bull (red.), Rembrandt Caravaggio, Zwolle - Amsterdam, 2006, fig. 56
Richard Verdi, Rembrandt's themes, New Haven, 2014, fig. 2



Provenance

Willem Six, Amsterdam, until 1734
his sale, Schoemaker . . . ten Brink, Amsterdam, 12 May 1734, nr. 56, to Hoogenbergh
Heer van Zwieten, until 1741
his sale, The Hague, 12 April 1741, nr. 130, to De Hond
comte de Brühl, Dresden, in 1763
Poullain, Paris, until d. 1780
his estate sale, Le Brun, Paris, 15-21 March 1780, nr. 37, to Le Brun
with Le Brun, Paris, 1780–at least 1791
his sale, Paris, 20 April 1791, nr. 53, bought in
Alexandre Delahante, London, until 1814
his sale, Phillips, London, 3 June 1814, nr. 25, to Geddes
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, until d. 1830
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 15 May 1830, nr. 120, to Smith
with John Smith, London, 1830, sold to Vernon
G.J. Vernon, until 1830–31
his anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 16 April 1831, nr. 48, to Emmerson
Thomas Emmerson, London, 1831–32
his sale, Phillips, London, 16 June 1832, nr. 135, to (or bought in by) Wilson
?with Phillips, London, from 1832
Colonel de Biré, Brussels, until 1841
his anonymous sale, organized by Héris, Hôtel rue des Jeuneurs, 16, Paris, 25 March 1841, nr. 6
Baron Steengracht van Oosterland, The Hague, by 1859–d. 1875
his grandson, Baron H. A. Steengracht van Duivenvoorde, The Hague, 1875–d. 1912
his estate sale, George Petit, Paris, 9 June 1913, nr. 61, to Duveen
with Duveen, Paris, 1913, sold to Altman
Benjamin Altman, New York, d. 1913


External links

RKD 49524
Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 14.40.651

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