Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Susanna and the Elders '600 Canvas

Features

Artwork title:  Susanna e i vecchioni

Artistic school:  Italian School

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Biblical scene

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Susanna e i vecchioni

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the 17th century. A biblical episode from the Old Testament is depicted: Susanna, the beautiful and chaste wife of Joachim, a rich Jew, is threatened by two elderly judges of the people while she takes a bath in her garden. The subject has been widely covered in art. In this painting, the beautiful Israelite occupies the center of the scene: placed outdoors near a fountain, on the left, adorned with the statue of a cherub riding a large fish, in Baroque style, the young woman expresses fear, in her gaze and in the gesture of the arm that tries to cover the nakedness. On the right emerge the two old men, with lascivious looks: one of the two asks the woman for silence with one hand, with the other he offers her a rich diadem with which he tries to buy her. The painting is lively in its figurative composition, with beautiful luminous effects in the colors of the complexion and clothes, with attention to detail in the description of the jewels in particular (the tiara and the girl's hair clip). The two men have faces tending towards the grotesque, in the expression well marked by wrinkles, large noses, large eyes. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a gilded frame from the early 1900s.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, has small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 132
Width: 162
Depth: 4,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 120
Width: 150