Rembrandt’s masterpiece looking deep into Bathsheba’s predicament, but it was von Stuck who first suggested that she may have been a willing participant.
Category Archive: Life
The story of Bathsheba and King David involves adultery and murder, and ultimately the triumph of power not virtue. Early paintings up to Artemisia Gentileschi.
Three key religious works from his early career: a Crucifixion painted on a budget, and two vertiginous canvases nearly 15 m (50 feet) high.
His late career tackled his dislike of Impressionism, sculpture, photography as an art, and the depiction of truth – in several superb paintings.
Landscapes and paintings of Marthe in the bath reached a peak in which colour was supreme, and form became fluid and adaptable.
He started the practice of undercutting his prices, sometimes painting at the cost of materials. His first work for Madonna dell’Orto, where he is now buried.
Roman soldier of great valour, successful commander, but a disaster of a statesman. His story was told by Shakespeare, and in many paintings by Poussin, Kaufmann, and others.
Paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Jordaens, Chassériau, von Stuck and Lovis Corinth give slightly different accounts of this story.
From 1400 to the brilliant accounts by Artemisia Gentileschi, this very popular story has attracted the attention of most major painters.
Two of his greatest paintings: St George and the Dragon, and Susannah and the Elders, examined in detail.
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