Suzanne Au Bain Du Tintoretto After Jacopo Robusti

suzanne au bain du tintoretto oil on panel early 19th French school after jacopo robusti (1518 1594) the original work is kept at the louvre museum delivery 50 euros jacopo robusti, said tintoretto, painted the picture in 1550 in venice where he spent his whole life (1518-1594). This scene of Suzanne at the bath is related in the Bible, in the Book of Daniel. It dates back to the time when the people of Israel were in deportation to Babylon. Suzanne, wife of Joachim, is part of this Jewish community in exile. Her parents raised her in accordance with the law of Moses. She is a woman of great beauty. One day when she goes to the bath in her walled garden, she is watched by two old men who want to abuse her, waiting for the next two to leave. She resists their advances. To take revenge, they want to condemn her with false accusations. The young prophet Daniel, by confusing the two old men, will save her.