Susanna and the Elders is one of several paintings on this theme executed by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.

After having taken a bath in her garden, Susanna is blackmailed by two older men who threaten her with claims of promiscuity unless she has sex with them.

Unlike her earlier versions of the painting, Gentileschi here follows "a far more traditional interpretation", with Susanna looking heavenward as if to ask for divine assistance in fighting off the elders.

[4] Significant damage and overpainting were addressed during a restoration in 1953–54, which also determined that the canvas had been cut down on all sides.

[5] The painting is first documented in the collection of Brno industrialist Heinrich Gomperz in 1894 and was subsequently bequeathed to the city.