Tiepolo, Giambattista (5) 잠바티스타 티에폴로
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770
Susanna and the Elders
oil on canvas (56 × 43 cm) — c. 1720-22
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo biography
This work is linked to Susanna 1:20
Art and the Bible - Susanna 1 - Apocrypha
The history of Susanna, set apart from the beginning of Daniel, because it is not in Hebrew, as neither the narration of Bel and the Dragon 1 There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim: 2 And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcia
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Tiepolo follows in the footsteps of, among others, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dijck when he takes on this well-known theme. Two elders are bothering the beauteous Susanna. She shows her irritation, upon which the two accuse her of adultery and cause problems for her. In the end, Susanna receives help from Daniel.