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| David and Uriah | |
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| Artist | Rembrandt van Rijn |
| Year | circa 1665 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 127 cm × 116 cm (50 in × 46 in) |
| Location | Hermitage,St-Petersburg |
David and Uriah is a late, oil-on-canvas painting byRembrandt, dated to around 1665 by theHermitage Museum (which owns it[1]) or c. 1666–1669 in the 2015Late Rembrandt exhibition at theRijksmuseum. It shows the moment whenDavid sendsUriah the Hittite to the frontline of the war with the Ammonites so that David can sleep with Uriah's wifeBathsheba.[2] Uriah is identified as the foreground figure, with David andNathan in the background. It was first given this title byAbraham Bredius in his catalogue of Rembrandt's work – this has been supported by several other scholars from 1950 onwards, including in a 1965 study by Madlyn Kahr.[3]
The work has also been identified asHaman Recognises His Fate afterHaman from theBook of Esther. It entered the Russian imperial collection in 1773 with that title, which the Hermitage still retains.[4][5]
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