Susanna and the Elders (Artemisia Gentileschi, Pommersfelden)

Susanna and the Elders
ArtistArtemisia Gentileschi
Yearcirca 1610
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions170 cm × 119 cm (67 in × 47 in)
LocationSchloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden

Susanna and the Elders is a 1610 painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi and is her earliest-known signed and dated work. Artemisia painted several variations of the scene in her career. This one hangs at Schloss Weißenstein in Pommersfelden, Germany. The work shows a frightened Susanna accosted by two men (shown above her) while she is bathing. This was a popular scene to paint during the Baroque period. The subject comes from the deuterocanonical Book of Susanna in the Additions to Daniel.

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