Susanna and the Elders (After Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini)
oil on board
27 x 35.5 cm
size in frame: 30.6 x 39 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675 - 1741). It forms part of the collection of the National Trust property Hinton Ampner in Hampshire.
The subject depicted is taken from the story of Susanna in the Old Testament. It shows the attempt of two elders of the Synagogue to seduce a virtuous Hebrew wife, Susanna, whilst she was bathing in a secluded spot with no witnesses. They attempt to blackmail her and she is arrested and about to be put to death for promiscuity when Daniel comes to the rescue with an irrefutable challenge over the size and type of tree she allegedly met her lover. It was a popular theme with artists from the Renaissance onwards giving them the opportunity of showing the female nude body. Pellegrini was fond of the episode and painted several versions throughout his life.
In my work I am interested in the representation of women in the Western art canon. I am working on a piece which examines this subject, Miniature, and I made this oil sketch during the research phase.
oil on board
27 x 35.5 cm
size in frame: 30.6 x 39 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675 - 1741). It forms part of the collection of the National Trust property Hinton Ampner in Hampshire.
The subject depicted is taken from the story of Susanna in the Old Testament. It shows the attempt of two elders of the Synagogue to seduce a virtuous Hebrew wife, Susanna, whilst she was bathing in a secluded spot with no witnesses. They attempt to blackmail her and she is arrested and about to be put to death for promiscuity when Daniel comes to the rescue with an irrefutable challenge over the size and type of tree she allegedly met her lover. It was a popular theme with artists from the Renaissance onwards giving them the opportunity of showing the female nude body. Pellegrini was fond of the episode and painted several versions throughout his life.
In my work I am interested in the representation of women in the Western art canon. I am working on a piece which examines this subject, Miniature, and I made this oil sketch during the research phase.
oil on board
27 x 35.5 cm
size in frame: 30.6 x 39 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675 - 1741). It forms part of the collection of the National Trust property Hinton Ampner in Hampshire.
The subject depicted is taken from the story of Susanna in the Old Testament. It shows the attempt of two elders of the Synagogue to seduce a virtuous Hebrew wife, Susanna, whilst she was bathing in a secluded spot with no witnesses. They attempt to blackmail her and she is arrested and about to be put to death for promiscuity when Daniel comes to the rescue with an irrefutable challenge over the size and type of tree she allegedly met her lover. It was a popular theme with artists from the Renaissance onwards giving them the opportunity of showing the female nude body. Pellegrini was fond of the episode and painted several versions throughout his life.
In my work I am interested in the representation of women in the Western art canon. I am working on a piece which examines this subject, Miniature, and I made this oil sketch during the research phase.
