Susanna and the Elders (Gentileschi, Bologna)
Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi and Onofrio Palumbo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Susanna and the Elders is a 1652 painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It currently hangs in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna. 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.[1]
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Artist | Artemisia Gentileschi, Onofrio Palumbo |
Year | 1652 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 200.3 cm × 225.6 cm (78.9 in × 88.8 in) |
Location | Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna |
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 and around the time she was raped by one of her father's students; this particular painting was done when she was approaching sixty years old and is her last known dated work.[1]