David kneeling in his Palace before the Prophet Nathan
Tobias van Nijmegen (b. Nijmegen c.1665)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
292 x 470 mm (11 1/2 x 18 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530122.1
Summary
Oil painting on copper, David before the Prophet Nathan by Tobias van Nijmegen (b. Nijmegen c.1665), signed, far lower right: T. V. NYMEGEN. According to the biblical story in the Old Testament, 2 Samuel 11-12, Nathan, a court prophet, came to David to reprimand him over his committing adultery with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite whose death the King had also arranged to hide his previous transgression. Bathsheba had fallen pregnant and David later married her but the baby only survived a few days.
Provenance
Acquired by Ralph Dutton from Christie's 1966 (lot 126) (receipt 26 May 1967); bequeathed by Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne (1898–1985)
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse: '114PJ' in black stencil On reverse: ' Oct 21 66, July 22 66' in white chalk On reverse: 'David humbling himself befroe the prophet Nathan Elias Van Nimegen' on paper label
Makers and roles
Tobias van Nijmegen (b. Nijmegen c.1665) , artist