Susannah and the Elders is a 1650 oil on canvas painting, now in the National Gallery in Parma. [1] [2]
Susannah and the Elders is a 1650 oil on canvas painting, now in the National Gallery in Parma. [1] [2]
It was commissioned by Paolo Parisetti (1602 - 1661), a count from Reggio-Emilia and a collector of contemporary Bolognese artists who was particularly interesting in moralising or devotional works. [3] The artist's account book mentions the payment on 25 May 1650, but the commission may have been up to a year earlier. [4] It remained in collections in Reggio-Emilia until the early 20th century, when it was inherited by Maria Calvi Tornielli Parisetti, a count in Parma, who sold it to its present owners in 1907. [1]
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