David and Bathsheba
by PITTONI, Giambattista, Oil on canvas, 74 x 64 cm
Attended by maids, Uriah’s beautiful wife, Bathsheba, devotes herself to her elaborate toilette in a garden. The sight of Bathsheba inflamed King David’s desire, and he is depicted in the background. Here, however, a maid approaches on the right with a letter from the king.