Badende Bathseba bespied door David, Laurent Cars, after Jean-François de Troy, c. 1729

Title(s)

Badende Bathseba bespied door David

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-42.428

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 17-2(2)
• LeBlanc 3-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Laurent Cars (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Jean-François de Troy (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Laurent Cars (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gaspard Duchange (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: France
publisher: Paris
publisher: Paris

Dating

c. 1729

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 467 mm × width 346 mm

What

• David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 3, p. 466-467, cat.nr. 17
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 1, p. 608, cat.nr. 3