Aurelio Lomi, 1556 Pisa – 1622 ebenda, zugesc... Lot n° 492

Bathsheba in the bathE Oil on canvas. 135 x 109 cm. In depicting the Old Testament scene, the painter has departed from the usual, traditional view, which usually shows a bathing situation with the title "Bathsheba in the Bath". Instead, the painting shows us in a recognizably mannerist manner Bathsheba overheard by King David at the toilet. With only a cloth draped over her thighs, she is in the process of fixing her braided hair, looking into a hand mirror. At the same time, however, she discovers the figure of the king standing on a terrace opposite her. Her assistant is combing her still loose hair. The figurative rendering with the body turns is still entirely influenced by Mannerism. This view also applies to the sophistication that lies in the representation itself. There also seems to be a certain interest on the part of the observed to let themselves be seen, but not to reveal themselves immediately. A.R. (13403084) (11) Aurelio Lomi, 1556 Pisa- 1622 ibid., attributed Bathsheba in the bath Oil on canvas. 135 x 109 cm.