17th

century

Oil on canvas

Italian

Susanna and the elders

Procaccini, Giulio Cesare (1574-1625)

The story of the two Elders lusting after the chaste Susanna was very common in the 16th and 17th centuries.  They were eventually exposed, but the most often depicted moment in the story is where the old men desire the woman from their hiding place in the bushes, observing her as she bathes.

Schorr Collection, UK / © The Schorr Collection / Bridgeman Images

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