David and Bathsheba, c. 1515

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Medium

ink and brown ink with gray wash

Dimensions

sheet: 15 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (40.01 x 64.14 cm)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.143.41

Artists / Makers

Jan van Roome (artist) Netherlandish, active 1498 - 1521

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Provenance

William A. Clark (1839-1925); bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, in 1926 (inv. 26.192); acquired in 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1971: "La Tenture de David et Bethsabée du Musée de Cluny," Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1971.

1974: "The Story of David." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1974, under no. 3.

1976: "Brussels Tapestries of the Pre-Renaissance." Musees royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1976.

1989: "The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King." Yellowstone Arts Center, Billings, Montana; Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana, 1989, 29.

Bibliography

1925: Carroll. Dana. H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. [Unpublished], 1925, pt. 1: 99, no. 38 (as Bernard van Orley).

1928: Illustrated Handbook of the W. A. Clark Collection. Washington, DC, 1928: 57, no. 2192 (as Bernaert van Orley).

1932: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 63, no. 2192, as by Bernaert van Orley.

1959: Dhanens, Elisabeth. "The David and Bathsheba Drawing," Gazette des Beaux-Arts (April, 1959): 215-224, fig. 1 (as Jan van Roome).

1968: Wayment, Hillary. "A Rediscovered Master: Adrian van den Houte (c. 1459–1521) and the Malines / Brussels School II: Adrian van den Houte as a Tapestry Designer." Oud Holland 83, no. 2 (1968): 74, 77, fig. 9 (as Jan van Roome).

1971: "La Tenture de David et Bethsabée," Le petit Journal des Grandes Expositions." Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1971: [n.p.] (as copy after the tapestry).

2008: Delmarcel, Guy. David & Bethsabée: Un chef-d'oeuvre de la tapisserie à la Renaissance. Paris, 2008: 115, note 17 (as a work of the 17th century).