JORDAENS, Jacob
(b. 1593, Antwerpen, d. 1678, Antwerpen)

Susanna and the Elders

1653
Oil on canvas, 154 x 203 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The often depicted story gave the Baroque painters an opportunity to paint a scene that combined naked female beauty with the spying male gaze. The painters vied to come up with new takes on the story to give the scene an unexpected twist.




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