Religious painting

The signature, on the basin just above the water surface, is damaged. It was previously interpreted as Z. Bernaer, described as a Dutch artist working around 1700. However, there is no artist with that name registered and the style of the painting suggests an advent later in the 1700s. According to information in a photo (RKD), the painting is a work by J. H. Bernards, a Dutch artist active around 1750. It is a copy after a composition by Jean Raoux, known by a painting, signed and dated 1719, in Neues Palais, Potsdam (Potsdam 1935, No. 206). In the Hallwylska painting, the composition is mirror-turned and, probably, Bernards copied from a print after Raoux. King David is visible to the left in the background, standing on a balcony. - * - The edge of Bathsheba’s bath the water, is damaged. It’s got in the past, read as Z. Bernaer, has has bed as a Dutch artist working in about 1700. In fact, there is no artist of this name, In, and the style of the In a date later in the 18th century. On the mount of the active about 1750. It is a copy after a It by Jean Raoux known in a is, signed and dated 1719, in the Neues Palais, Potsdam (Potsdam 1935, no. 206). Here the Here is in Here and was presumptuous by Bernards from a print after Raoux. King David can ask seen on a King y in the King on the King.