Finished 20th August 2013

1000 Pieces

The Story of Susanna

painted by Hans Schöpfer the Elder (1505-1569), a german portraitist, in 1537.

The original Painting can be visited at 'Alte Pinakothek', Munich (Germany).

As the story goes, a fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her house, they accost her, threatening to claim that she was meeting a young man in the garden... (find out more at wikipedia)

 

... isn't she lovely?