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Description: | This nineteenth-century work after a now lost original by Rubens, depicts a story from the Old Testament Apocryphal Book of Susannah. Whilst bathing in her garden, Susannah was spied upon by two elders in her tribe. The elders threatened to accuse her of adultery if she did not agree to sleep with them, for which she was duly condemned to death by stoning. The young prophet Daniel, however, was unconvinced of Susannah's guilt, and finding inconsistencies in the stories of the elders, freed Susannah, and instead condemned them. | Subjects: | religion (Susannah and the Elders); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8408... | Go to resource |
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