Susannah and the Elders (1650) by Guercino

Susannah and the Elders is a 1650 oil on canvas painting, now in the National Gallery in Parma.[1][2]

History

It was commissioned by Paolo Parisetti (1602 - 1661), a count from Reggio-Emilia and a collector of contemporary Bolognese artists who was particularly interesting in moralising or devotional works.[3] The artist's account book mentions the payment on 25 May 1650, but the commission may have been up to a year earlier.[4] It remained in collections in Reggio-Emilia until the early 20th century, when it was inherited by Maria Calvi Tornielli Parisetti, a count in Parma, who sold it to its present owners in 1907.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Italian) "Catalogue entry".
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Barbara Ghelfi, 'Scheda dell'opera'; in Lucia Fornari Schianchi (ed.) Galleria Nazionale di Parma. Catalogo delle opere, il Seicento, Milano, 1998
  3. ↑ (in Italian) Guercino e la pittura emiliana del '600, a cura di Claudio Strinati e Rossella Vodret, Catalogo della mostra a Palazzo Zabarella, Padova del 2000; Marsilio editore, Venezia, 2000
  4. ↑ (in Italian) Luisa Viola, 'Scheda dell'opera', in Guercino, poesia e sentimento nella pittura del '600 a cura di Denis Mahon, Massimo Pulini e Vittorio Sgarbi, Catalogo della mostra a Palazzo Reale, Milano nel 2003; DeAgostini, Milano, 2003
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