# Susanna and the Elders [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Artemisia]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 170 x 121 cm ## Commentary Rubens invented a new type of scene which he defined as neither sacred nor profane, although taken from the Holy Scriptures. Typical examples are the story of Hagar or the Susanna and the Elders. In this version of the subject by Artemisia Gentileschi, the gesture of one of the Elders, who silences Susanna by raising his finger to his lips, comes from the painting of the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/rubens/15biblic/01susann.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/rubens/15biblic/01susann.html">same subject by Rubens</A> \(Galleria Borghese, Rome\). ## Related artworks - [Bathsheba at her Bath]() - [Bathsheba]() - [Birth of St John the Baptist]() - [Clio, the Muse of History]() - [Danaë \(detail\)]() - [Danaë]() - [Jael and Sisera]() - [Judith and Her Maidservant]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes \(detail\)]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()