Susanna and the Elders (Gentileschi, Bologna)

Susanna and the Elders is a 1652 painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It currently hangs in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna. [1] The painting, over two metres broad, was completed in collaboration with Gentileschi's pupil Onofrio Palumbo - documents relating to the sale of the painting mention a payment to Palumbo. [2]

Susanna and the Elders
ArtistArtemisia Gentileschi, Onofrio Palumbo 
Year1652

It is one of many paintings by Gentileschi that depicts the story of Susanna from the Book of Daniel. Her first was completed when she was seventeen; this particular painting was done when she was approaching sixty years old.

References

  1. Locker, Jesse M. (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780300185119.
  2. Treves, Letizia. (2020). Artemisia. [S.l.]: National Gallery(LONDON). pp. 222–3. ISBN 978-1-85709-656-9. OCLC 1117638110.
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