Susanna and the Elders

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Susanna and the Elders

Cornelis Visscher; After Guido ReniLinkedCulture matchlcp-6e92783f114b

Date
17th century
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
57570

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Sixteenth-century Dutch morality put chastity above all virtues, for unmarried and married women. Sexual intimacy, moralists believed, had but one purpose: procreation. Joakim's wife, Susanna, was the ideal. She rebuffs two elders, then quietly endures their slander (Susanna 44-62). Guido Reni, one of the foremost artists of his time, captured the impulses of modesty and desire in the way Susanna counters the lustful grab at her shoulder with a wary clutch of her drape, and Cornelis Visscher rebroadcast the Italian's concept to an international audience. Netherlands, Europe

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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916

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