ID: 700009188 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009188	Record Type: Movable Work
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Bathsheba Bathing (page (component); Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521, active Tours, France, ...; 1498 - 1499; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.105.recto)

Note: The miniature on the recto, of a radiant Bathsheba in her bath, originally opened the seven penitential psalms in the manuscript known as the Hours of Louis XII. In the Middle Ages it was thought that King David wrote the seven penitential psalms in atonement for his sins, the greatest of which was seducing the young woman Bathsheba and murdering her husband. In this scene, Bathsheba is transformed into the temptress of King David, lingering naked in her bath and gazing unabashedly out at the viewer. Her abundant blond hair glows on the page, and her high, small breasts, and broad hips accorded with the highest standards of feminine beauty of the time. Clearly, she was intended to appeal to the book's patron, King Louis XII of France. The Hours of Louis XII was one of the greatest French manuscripts of its time. Only sixteen of the manuscript's original complement of miniatures have come to light, and the Getty has acquired three of them. The other two are a frontispiece depicting the king kneeling in prayer, and a miniature of The Presentation in the Temple.

Titles:

Bathsheba Bathing (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Bethsabée au bain (C,U,French,U,U)

Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

page (component) [300194222] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1498 - 1499

Creator Display:

Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521, active Tours, France, early 1480s - 1521) (French Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Bourdichon, Jean (French illuminator, ca. 1457-1521) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500004391]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2003.105.recto

Other: Creation: Tours [7008323] Centre region (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera and gold on parchment

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 24.3 x 17 cm (9 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Bathsheba [901000627]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII

Sources and Contributors:
Bathsheba Bathing	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Bethsabée au bain	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)