Religion: ‘Bathsheba at Her Bath’—a 1594 oil on canvas painting by Dutch artist Cornelis Corneliszoon Van Haarlem.

This scene is taken from the Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, or the Christian Old Testament.

King David of Israel looked out of his palace one evening and saw Bathsheba bathing, assisted by her two servants. He immediately fell in love with her. Although she was married—the wife of Uriah the Hittite—King David was smitten by her beauty and seduced her, making her pregnant. He took her to be his wife and she gave birth to Solomon.

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