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Design for Susanna and the Elders

Luca Giordano1660–1710

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

At right, two men are climbing into a large round tub, presumably to spy on Susanna bathing.

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  • Title: Design for Susanna and the Elders
  • Creator: Luca Giordano
  • Creator Lifespan: 1634/1705
  • Date Created: 1660–1710
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, red and black chalk on cream laid paper, lined
  • Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mme. Mary Brandegee
  • Inscribed: verso in graphite, center: Luca Giordano?; in graphite, right: 95; in graphite, lower left: [symbol for check mark]; in graphite, lower right: 1938.88.6547
  • Dimensions: 20 x 22.7 cm ( 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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