SALVIATI, Cecchino del
(b. 1510, Firenze, d. 1563, Roma)

The Story of David (4 scenes)

1552-54
Fresco
Sala dell'Udienza Invernale, Palazzo Ricci-Sacchetti, Rome

On one of the shorter walls the Bathsheba stories are narrated in three scenes. The central image shows Bathsheba Bathing, in which David gazes at an exposed Bathsheba in her bath. At left is the Death of Uriah, and at right Bathsheba Goes to David. In the centre above is the fourth scene, David Slays Goliath, in a marginal representation.