Susanna and the Elders (Gentileschi, Stamford)

Susanna and the Elders is a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting is signed with Gentileschi's name and the date of 1622. It is in the collection at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Susanna and the Elders, Artemisia Gentileschi, Burghley House (England), 1622

The painting has been listed as being in the Marquess of Exeter's family collection since at least the 1700s.[1] It was listed in the 1763 Burghley inventory and was presumably acquired by Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725 – 1793) while on the Grand Tour.[2]

It is one of several paintings by Gentileschi depicting the story of Susanna from the Book of Daniel. Similar compositions of Susanna and the Elders are at Pommersfelden from 1610, at Brno dated 1649, and Bologna from 1652. A copy of the Burghley version is in the Nottingham Castle Museum collection.[3]

The painting was loaned to the Gentileschi exhibition[4] that was held at the National Gallery in London in 2020, but had been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References
  1. Christiansen, Keith; Mann, Judith (2001). Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 355.
  2. "Susannah and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652)". Collections.burghley.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. "Susannah and the Elders". VADS. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. "Five heroines by Artemisia". Nationalgallery.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. "Artemisia | Exhibitions | National Gallery, London". www.nationalgallery.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
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