Susanna

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Susanna: Rembrandt

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Rembrandt van Rijn
1636
oil on panel
47 × 39 cm
The Hague, Mauritshuis

When Susanna is about to take a bath, she notices that she is being looked on. One of the voyeurs can be seen to the right of her, with some difficulty. With her hands she tries to cover her nakedness. She looks at us: after all, we're peeking at her just as the dirty old men are.

In 1647 Rembrandt made another Susanna, where the two old men step forward.

Susanna is just about to bathe, when two old men appear from the bushes. She is looking up in alarm –the men behind her on the right are hardly visible in the dark. They try to force Susanna to have sex with them, threatening to spread slander about her.

Rembrandt portrayed Susanna in full light, which makes her appear even more vulnerable in her nakedness. He did not paint an idealised woman, but one of flesh and blood. You can still see the impression left on her calves by her stockings.

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