# Susanna and the Elders \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TINTORETTO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Susanna and the Elders \(detail\) c. 1555 Oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Tintoretto's pictures often contain still-lifes painted with virtuoso skill. The items he depicted include instruments of torture, weapons, cooking utensils, and are to be understood as annotations, or commentaries on the main subject of the work. The precious objects sparkling in the dark grass here \(ajar of ointment, a mirror, comb, hairpin, pearl necklace, and ring\) show that Susanna is a pampered lady used to luxury, lavishing special care and expense on the care and adornment other body - perhaps for professional reasons. ## Related artworks - [A Philosopher \(detail\)]() - [A Philosopher]() - [Allegory of Faith]() - [Allegory of Fortune \(Felicità\)]() - [Allegory of Generosity]() - [Allegory of Goodness]() - [Allegory of Happiness]() - [Allegory of the Scuola della Carità]() - [Allegory of the Scuola della Misericordia]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Marco]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Teodoro]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()