Flemish school from the second half of the 17th century David admiring Bathsheba in the bath Watercolor and gouache on vellum 34 x 25.2 cm (the view) On the back, handwritten annotations on an old label (partially torn), dating from the early 20th century: ...ot salle 10... 27-1-1922 / ... French 17th / Alexander and the high priest... Delicate gouache based on an engraving by Robert van Audenearde (1663-1743), after a work by Carlo Marrata (1625-1713), commissioned by the Genoese Pallavicini family (a copy of the engraving is kept in New-York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 51.501.2603).

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