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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 12, 2014 | Pundole's | Mumbai | The Fine Arts Sale | 76 | $****** - ****** | Bathsheba at Her Bath |
Works on Paper
59.7 x 82.5 cm (23.5 x 32.5 in)
Pen and ink on canvas laid on board
Signed and dated "Souza 62" upper right
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924 - 2002)
Bathsheba at Her Bath
Pen and ink on canvas laid on board
1962
23 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (59.7 x 82.5 cm.)
Signed and dated "Souza 62" upper right
In keeping with Souza"s complex relationship with the Church, he has chosen to depict a well known scene from the Second Book of Samuel, interpreted by several artists before him, the most famous of which is Rembrandt"s version with the same title, finished in 1654, which hangs in the Louvre.
Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite. King David spotted her being bathed by her attendant and demanded to know who she was. He then proceeded to have her brought to the palace and impregnated her with his child. As Bathsheba was already married, the King sent her husband into battle where he was killed, and he was then able to marry Bathsheba.
Souza shows Bathsheba sitting in the outdoors, being bathed by her female attendant. Her pose is strong yet sensual as is seen through the graceful lines and deliberate turn of her body. She does not hide her nakedness but faces the viewer boldly, which is characteristic of all Souza"s women.
