# Susanna and the Elders \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TINTORETTO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 147 x 194 cm ## Commentary Susanna and the Elders \(detail\) c. 1555 Oil on canvas, 147 x 194 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna In this picture the Old Testament story of the slander of Susanna, wife of the rich Joachim, by two lecherous old men whose plot is uncovered by the young Daniel, becomes a kind of atmospheric satyr play. Evening light flatters the body of the young woman, who looks more like a pagan nymph or goddess of love than a biblical heroine. Absorbed in the contemplation of her own beauty, Susanna has not yet noticed the two old voyeurs who are about to approach her. Italian Renaissance comedy, following the example of classical antiquity, made the amorous old man a stock character. ## 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]()