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Bathsheba at the Bath

1750
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bathsheba at the Bath
  • Artist: Antoine Pesne (French, Paris 1683–1757 Berlin)
  • Date: 1750
  • Medium: Black chalk with touches of red chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk
  • Dimensions: sheet: 13 1/16 x 10 7/8 in. (33.2 x 27.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange; Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan, C. G. Boerner and Charles-Noël van den Broek d'Obrenan Gifts, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.228
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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