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Description: | The story of Susannah is taken from an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel. Two old men secretly watch the beautiful Susannah as she bathes in an orchard. When she rejects their advances and cries for help, they threaten to accuse her of adultery. The elders are shown in the traditional manner as one older, grey haired, bearded man and another, less elderly, dark haired, bearded man. The three figures are shown against a dark background with a stone fountain incorporating a statue of a putti seated upon a stone sea horse (?) in the right hand corner. The horse can symbolise lust (Jeremiah: V. 8, 'They were as fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbour's wife'). | Subjects: | religion (Susannah and the Elders) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9171... | Go to resource |
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