Why it matters
Bathsheba rises from her bath, helped by her maid. It is a rare 15th-century nude in Northern Renaissance art, where such figures usually appeared only in scenes of the Last Judgement.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1485.
- The story comes from 2 Samuel 11.
- It is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
Based on the Wikipedia article Bathsheba (Memling) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
