1614, Pieter Lastman, Susanna and the Elders -- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)
From the museum label: Lastman was one of the significant history painters of his day and Rembrandt's teacher. In the bible story depicted here, two old judges try to force the steadfast Susanna to lie with them under threat of defamation. Rembrandt used the composition as a source of inspiration. Lastman was the coiner of the pictorial layout that features the seated Susanna, the clothes discarded behind her and the landscape vista.
1614, Pieter Lastman, Susanna and the Elders -- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)
From the museum label: Lastman was one of the significant history painters of his day and Rembrandt's teacher. In the bible story depicted here, two old judges try to force the steadfast Susanna to lie with them under threat of defamation. Rembrandt used the composition as a source of inspiration. Lastman was the coiner of the pictorial layout that features the seated Susanna, the clothes discarded behind her and the landscape vista.