Susanna and the Elders, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Pieter I van der Borcht (etchers)
,
Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje (publisher)

Date

ca. 1582 - 1593, ca. 1653 - 1654

Periods

16th century, 17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The naked Susanna sits in a court garden, bathing by a fountain. The two elders approach her. From the house in the background, residents stream out to see what is going on. On the right, two peacocks, two chickens and a rooster can be seen. In the distance, the two elders are being put to death (Dan. 13:7).

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Pieter I van der Borcht VIAF RKD Wikidata, Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 188 x 248 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAU
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , cityscapes (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, the story of Susanna and the elders (in which the youth Daniel intervenes on behalf of Susanna) (Daniel 13) Iconclass, Susanna bathing, usually in or near a fountain and sometimes accompanied by two female servants Iconclass, the elders spying upon Susanna Iconclass, the elders making advances towards Susanna Iconclass, the elders accusing Susanna before the people, laying their hands on her head or unveiling her Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, old man Iconclass, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass, statues, sculptures in garden Iconclass, garden fountain Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, trees Iconclass, ornamental birds: peacock Iconclass, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass, pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass, fence, wall, paling Iconclass, palace Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, clothes, costume Iconclass, violent death by stoning Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAU
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6498/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAU
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