Susanna and the Elders
Oil On Canvas- WallArt
- Baroque
Early Modern
Accademia di San Luca
The famous episode of Susanna—which in Venetian painting had been revived by Jacopo Tintoretto with a few paintings around 1560—is narrated in the Book of Daniel. The young woman, caught by surprise during a bath by two men, rejected their advances and, unfairly accused, was eventually rescued by a providential intervention of Daniel. Palma’s great storytelling ability emerges clearly in this canvas. He deploys the episode on various receding planes, focusing on the curvaceous central nude of Susanna backed by a maid, while the two elders hide behind a tree—a detail not devoid of a certain humor.
Jacopo Palma Il Giovane (1548 – 1628)
Jacopo Palma il Giovane (1548-1628): Maestro veneciano del color y la luz. Figura clave de la Escuela Veneciana tras Tintoretto, fusionó técnicas de Tiziano con el estilo de Tintoretto.
Accademia di San Luca (Roma, Italia)
La Academia Nacional de San Lucas tiene su origen en la institución establecida entre finales del siglo XVI y principios del XVII.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Susanna and the Elders
- Artista: Jacopo Palma Il Giovane
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Dominio público
- Dónde verla: Accademia di San Luca
- Época: Early Modern
- Contexto del corpus: venetian tradition, biblical allegory
- Color principal: Espresso
- Propósito: Accent
- Palabras clave: central nude figure, venetian school style, susanna and elders
Datos clave
- Artist: Jacopo Palma il Giovane
- Notable elements or techniques: Receding planes, central nude, storytelling
- Subject or theme: Biblical story from the Book of Daniel
- Title: Susanna and the Elders
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