Susanna is groped by two elders while bathing in a fountain. She tries to fend them off. Her two servants walk through a gallery in the garden in the background. In the Ghent copy, the margin is cut off with a four-line caption in Latin.
| Artist |
Antonius II Wierix
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Johannes Baptista I Vrints
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| Title | Susanna and the Elders |
| Date | ca. 1579 - 1611 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: M. d. vos inve. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: A.W. fecit. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Joan. Bap. vrints. excu. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LP |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LP |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11655/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2772 bathing (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA545 taking a bath - AA - in the open air Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A641 statues, sculptures in garden Iconclass 41A651 garden fountain Iconclass 42F51 maid ~ house personnel Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C16 architectural detail Iconclass 71P41 the story of Susanna and the elders (in which the youth Daniel intervenes on behalf of Susanna) (Daniel 13) Iconclass 71P412 Susanna bathing, usually in or near a fountain and sometimes accompanied by two female servants Iconclass 71P4121 the elders spying upon Susanna Iconclass 71P4122 the elders making advances towards Susanna Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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