Susanna and the Elders (Rubens)

Susanna and the Elders
ArtistPeter Paul Rubens
Year1607
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions94 cm × 65 cm (37 in × 26 in)
LocationBorghese Gallery, Rome

Susanna and the Elders is a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens from 1607. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy. There is another version, a youthful work from 1608, in Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in Madrid.

The painting is based on the story of Susanna, found in a deuterocanonical chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel.

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