See how bathers have surfaced in some of art history’s most significant art movements.
Instead, its legacy is kept alive by Roman copies.
This scene inspired myriad panel paintings and gilded altarpieces produced during the Middle Agesand even in centuries to follow.
Mary Cassatt, “Woman Bathing (La Toilette),” 1890-1891 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[CC0 1.0])
Rembrandt completed several paintings ofBathsheba, a figure from the Old Testament, as she washes.
During the last decades of his life, Degas shifted his focus from his signaturedancing girlsto women atla toilette.
Contemporary Art
Today, artists continue to explore the bathing theme in their work.
After Praxiteles, Roman Copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos, 3rd century BCE (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Giovanni Baronzio, “The Baptism of Christ,” 1330s (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Piero della Francesca, “The Baptism of Christ,” 1450s (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Rembrandt, “Bathsheba at Her Bath,” 1654 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, “The Valpinçon Bather,” 1808 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Edgar Degas, “The Tub,” 1886 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
