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David's Promise to Bathsheba

1642–43
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: David's Promise to Bathsheba
  • Artist: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Dutch, Amsterdam 1621–1674 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1642–43
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black and red chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (18.8 x 27 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lehman, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.187.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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