Susanna and the Elders

around 1585, Artist: Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese und Werkstatt

 

 

Susanna and the Elders

In the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament it is told how Susanna, while bathing in her own garden, receives indecent propositions from two noblemen who have secretly crept in. When she rejects them, they revenge themselves by slandering her in front of her husband. Only the ruling decision at her trial by the young prophet Daniel, whose interrogation of the two men entangles them in contradictory statements, saves Susanna from the death sentence for her supposed adultery. Belongs to the so-called “Buckingham Series”. Counterpiece (?) to “Christ and the Adulteress” (Inv.-Nr. GG 15).

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Saal V

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Italian, Venetian

Dated

around 1585

Artist

Paolo Caliari, gen. Veronese und Werkstatt (1528 Verona - 1588 Venedig) - GND

Carlo Caliari gen. Carletto Veronese (Mitarbeit) (1570 Verona - 1596 Venedig) - GND

Benedetto Caliari gen. Veronese (Mitarbeit) (1535/36 Verona - 1598 Venedig) - GND

Material

Canvas

Dimensions

140 cm × 280 cm
Framed: 158 cm × 302 cm × 7,5 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 3676

Provenance

ca. 1613 Coll. Charles de Croy, Duc d' Arschot, Beaumont Castle; before 1635-1648 Coll. Buckingham; acquired 1649

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