Lot 2558 D α

Rembrandt, circle of - Bathseba in her Bath

Auction 1197 - overview Cologne
21.05.2022, 16:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century Part II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

Rembrandt, circle of

Bathseba in her Bath

Oil on panel. 45 x 36 cm.
Dated lower left: 1633.

This panel is of great art historical interest as it reproduces a composition by Rembrandt that is now lost and has survived only through copies such as the present one. Rembrandt's depiction of Bathsheba in her bath has survived in an engraving of 1636, which shows a mirror-image version of the composition. Painted copies also exist in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes and in the art museum in Königsberg.

Provenance

Auctioned in Lugano, 1960. - West German private collection.