Susanna at the Bath by Albrecht Altdorfer was created in 1526. The painting is in Alte Pinakothek, Münich. The size of the work is 75 x 61 cm and is made of oil on wood.
The story from the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Daniel relates the attempted rape of the virtuous Susanne by the two Elders of the Babylonian community. The young Daniel ferrets out the truth, and the culprits are punished accordingly… Discover more in Alte Pinakothek, Münich
The Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg, Bavaria. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the Danube School setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours. As an artist also making small intricate engravings he is seen to belong to the Nuremberg Little Masters.
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