Susanna and the Elders (Rubens)

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Susanna and the Elders
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Artist Peter Paul Rubens
Year1607
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions94 cm× 65 cm(37 in× 26 in)
Location Borghese Gallery, Rome

Susanna and the Elders is a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens from 1607. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy. There is another version, a youthful work from 1608, in Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in Madrid.

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The painting is based on the story of Susanna, found in a deuterocanonical chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel. [1]

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  1. Gallery, Borghese (2022-07-19). "Susanna and the Elders by Rubens: the masterpiece from the artist's Italian period". Galerie Borghèse. Retrieved 2022-08-18.