Susanna and the Elders

c. 1625

Paul Maupin, after Jacques Stella

Associated Names
Paul Maupin

Artist, Italian, active 1591-1635

Jacques Stella

Artist After, French, 1596 - 1657

The image shows three figures. The central figure is a woman seated next to a water source, with water at her feet. She is seated with her body slightly turned to the side. Two older men stand closely behind her, with one reaching out towards her. The woman has long hair and is partially covered with a cloth on her head. The men have curly hair and pronounced facial features. They are dressed in long-sleeved garments. The background includes an architectural structure with an arched window and stonework, surrounded by trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28 x 17.6 cm (11 x 6 15/16 in.) (trimmed to image)

  • Accession Number

    2010.55.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 26 November 2009, no. 5208); (via C. G. Boerner, Berlin); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand in brown ink on verso: 1820

Wikidata ID

Q76552527

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