The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus has female nudes during the Baroque. Ruben's painting is of the daughters of Leucippus. It took place around 1617. The fascinating story behind this artwork is how two princesses were instructed to marry two men by their dad. The gods didn't concur and the Zeus twins apprehended and married them along with ordering immortality. Rembrandt's Bathsheba with King David's Letter is comparable because they both involve broken marriage and love. Uriah's wife was bathing when King David saw her and extolled her. King David happened to be walking along his roof. King David asked for Uriah to be killed to marry Bathsheba. This is a psychological painting that is of old testament. Both paintings have nude women and definitely are Baroque. Both women have male figures in their life that are attempting to take ownership of their lives. Ruben's painting has more things added to the story such as the angel. The daughter's faces are not mellodramatic which doesn't fit the tradegy of rape occuring. Bathsheba on the other hand, shows her expressing the tragedy that's about to happen because of her affair. …show more content…
They had a second son Solomon became king. He was a very popular king with the jews. Bathsheba is seen in the painting contemplating and holding the letter of King David Rembrandt's painting is the definition of contemplation. Ruben's painting is not about contemplation but is meant to be looked at as a whole since its carefully composed. The sister's skin in Ruben's painting has green, pink, and yellow undertones. Rembrandt's painting of Bathsheba hardly has any green or pink. Bathsheba is painted in warm colors of yellow, red, and some blue. The sisters are painted very muscular and Bathsheba is painted curvy with a little tone to her