Susanna and the Elders (Altdorfer)

Susanna and the Elders is an oil-on-wood painting by the German artist Albrecht Altdorfer, created in 1526 and now held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

[1] The majority of artists who depicted the story of Susanna's bath used the opportunity to paint a female nude.

Altdorfer puts the main emphasis on the representation of the palace of Jehoiakim with extensive terraces and adjacent gardens.

On the left side, in the bushes, barely visible, are the two old men watching the girl's toilet.

She is holding a white lily in her hand, a symbol of innocence, here referring to Susanna, who remained chaste and did not succumb to the persuasion of the elders.