Bathsheba Bathing / Death as a Mercenary Embracing a Young Woman

Niklaus Manuel, the Swiss painter, poet, soldier, and politician from Bern, created this composition around 1517. The work reflects the artistic conventions and devotional culture of the High Renaissance period, when religious painting served both public worship and private contemplation across Europe. Now held at Kunstmuseum Basel, it demonstrates the artist's contribution to the rich visual culture of the early sixteenth century.

The panel shows the precise draftsmanship and rich color characteristic of German Renaissance painting, with the detailed rendering and clear compositional structure typical of the artist's workshop production.