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Susanna

Also known as: Susanna; primary name: Susanna; other name: Susannah; other name: Suzannah
Details: individual; biblical figure; Female
Biography: Old Testament figure (Apocrypha); a virtuous woman who refused the advances of two elders; in revenge she was brought to trial and condemned to death, but rescued by Daniel (q.v.), sent from God, who showed the evidence of the elders to be contradictory. Susanna was therefore released and the two men sentenced.

229 related objects

album; drawing

Museum number: 1889,0527.77 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

baluster jug; jug

Museum number: 1855,1201.210 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1584 |
Production place: Made in:Raeren (Liège)

book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.86.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerPublished by:Melchior Trechsel |
Production date: 1525-1526 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

bowl

Museum number: 1881,0624.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 4thC |
Production place: Made in:Cologne (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:St Severinus' Church

brick

Museum number: 1858,0827.1 |
Production date: 1526-1575 |
Production place: Made in:Antwerp (city)

brick

Museum number: 1887,0211.22 |
Production date: 1526-1575 |
Production place: Made in:Antwerp (city)

brick

Museum number: 1863,0202.2 |
Production date: 1526-1575 |
Production place: Made in:Antwerp (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cambridge (England)

casket

Museum number: 1878,1101.20 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1415-1425 |
Production place: Made in:Venice (city)Made in:Florence (city)

disc; plate

Museum number: S.317 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-4thC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ursulagartenstrasse

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.692 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Annibale CarracciFormerly attributed to:Pier Francesco Mola |
Production date: 1575-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0909.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43813 Attributed to:Jean Robert |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.113 |
Producer name: BIOG20473 Drawn by:Sébastien Bourdon |
Production date: 1616-1671

drawing

Museum number: 1930,0414.9 |
Producer name: BIOG46733 After:Virgil Solis |
Production date: 1530-1562

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.56 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1056 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620

drawing

Museum number: SL,5223.20 |
Producer name: BIOG29028 Drawn by:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1647-1705

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.95 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.118 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.151 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

intaglio; morse

Title: The Lothair Crystal |
Museum number: 1855,1201.5 |
Cultures/periods: CarolingianMedieval |
Production date: 855-869 15thC |
Production place: Made in:AachenMade in:Lotharingia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Meuse, River (Belgium/France)

jug

Museum number: 1891,1120.3 |
Production date: 1584 |
Production place: Made in:Raeren (Liège)

knife-sheath

Museum number: 1878,1101.70 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Germany

medal

Title: Susanna and the Elders |
Museum number: 1998,1021.1 |
Producer name: BIOG111214 Designed by:Pawel Leski |
Production date: 1986 |
Production place: Made in:Poland

medal

Title: Suzanne et les vieillards |
Museum number: 2004,0102.14 |
Producer name: BIOG137114 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Raymond Joly |
Production date: 1961 |
Production place: Made in:France

niello plate; book-cover

Museum number: 1922,0708.1-10 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1460-1475 |
Production place: Made in:Florence (province)

print

Title: Daniel intervening on behalf of Susanna Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.173 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Quirin Mark |
Production date: 1770-1811

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2043 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1924,0714.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48865 Print made by:Antonio Triva |
Production date: 1650-1699

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1937,0915.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: Ii,2.6 |
Producer name: After:Cornelis SchutPublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1605-1666

print

Museum number: 1937,0915.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan SaenredamAfter:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1602 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: 1937,0915.27 |
Producer name: After:Frans Pourbus IIPublished by:Raphael Sadeler I |
Production date: 1582

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.425 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Susannah and the Elders |
Museum number: 1885,1212.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph John JenkinsAfter:Antoine Coypel |
Production date: 1826-1885

print

Museum number: 1847,0713.90 |
Producer name: BIOG33532 Print made by:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1762

print

Title: Die Keusche Susanna La Chaste Susanne |
Museum number: 1866,1013.492 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Ferdinand Piloty I |
Production date: 1820-1844 |
Production place: Published in:Munich

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.674 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Henry WattAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1839

print

Museum number: 1877,0811.677 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste CorneilleAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1667-1695

print

Title: Suzanne et les deux vieillards Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes |
Museum number: 1936,0302.16.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Célestin NanteuilAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1849-1862 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: Nn,7.31.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel van den DyckAfter:Sebastiano Ricci |
Production date: 1630-1670

print

Museum number: 1868,1212.202 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: La chaste Suzanne Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.450 |
Producer name: After:Valentin de BoulognePrint made by:Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger |
Production date: 1803-1809

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: E,4.308 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 Print made by:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1555

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2193 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5599 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael WillmannAfter:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1670-1683

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1873,0809.705 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: D,6.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Octavum praeceptum Decalogi. Non loqueris contra p The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1951,0714.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VolpatoAfter:Francesco Maggiotto |
Production date: 1770-1771

print

Title: Susanna im Bade |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1574 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gerhard HuckAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print

Title: Suzanne au bain Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1022 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste SanterrePrint made by:François Joseph Étienne Beisson |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Constans |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.424 |
Producer name: BIOG29695 Print made by:Pieter Fransz. de Grebber |
Production date: 1655

print

Title: Susannah |
Museum number: 1953,0509.411 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1919

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1937,0915.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor GalleAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1587

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: D,6.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor GalleAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1587

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Suzanne au bain |
Museum number: 1878,0511.360 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eugène GaujeanAfter:Jean Jacques Henner |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1055 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wallerant VaillantAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1660-1675

print

Museum number: 1837,0616.132 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1532

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peeter van LisebettenAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1654-1660

print; ornament print; album

Title: Neues Zierathen Buch von Schlingen und Bändelwerk |
Museum number: 1937,0915.444.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich Jonas OstertagAfter:Johann Jakob Biller |
Production date: 1710-1720 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Cabinet Reynst Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pict |
Museum number: 1839,0413.158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis VisscherAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1655-1658

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2813 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi BoscoloAfter:Francesco Hayez |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:Milan (city)

print

Title: Exemplary women from the Old and New Testament |
Museum number: 1949,0709.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1560

print

Museum number: U,1.43 |
Producer name: BIOG22073 Print made by:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1588-1597

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.703 |
Producer name: BIOG41261 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Susannah and the elders |
Museum number: 1953,0509.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: Cabinet Reynst Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pict |
Museum number: 1841,0809.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis VisscherAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1655-1658 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6596 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.339 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van SomerAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1670-1714

print

Title: Cabinet Reynst Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus picta |
Museum number: 1945,0130.2.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis VisscherAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1655-1658

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7013 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste SanterrePrint made by:Leclère |
Production date: 1820-1825

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.704 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Frans Pourbus II |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Suzanne et les deux vieillards Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes |
Museum number: 1880,0710.140 |
Producer name: Print made by:Célestin NanteuilAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1849-1862 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Susanna Choix de gravures à l'eau-forte d'après les peintu |
Museum number: 1856,0308.430 |
Producer name: BIOG43407 After:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1812

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.711 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1611

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1873,0809.710 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Die Keusche Susanna im Bade La Chaste Susanne au Bain |
Museum number: 1866,1013.446 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Simon Braun |
Production date: 1849-1875 |
Production place: Published in:Munich

print

Title: Royal-Size Bible Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti |
Museum number: 1939,0130.1.66 |
Producer name: Published by:Claes Jansz. VisscherPublished by:Nicolaes Visscher I |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Museum number: 1898,0725.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christoffel JegherAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1632-1636

print

Museum number: Ii,2.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis SchutPublished by:Abraham van Waesbergen |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.188 |
Producer name: After:Philip van DijkPrint made by:A Colinet |
Production date: 1787-1791 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Lascivie |
Museum number: 1867,0413.540 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Print made by:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1585-1600

print

Title: Susanna |
Museum number: 1978,0121.109 |
Producer name: BIOG21265 Print made by:John Buckland Wright |
Production date: 1930

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1937,0915.291 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.1388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de SonPublished by:Pierre Drevet |
Production date: 1625-1637

print

Title: Suzanne au bain Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.219 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste SanterrePrint made by:Mauro Gandolfi |
Production date: 1803-1818

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van SomerAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1670-1680

print

Museum number: 1909,0406.405 |
Producer name: Print made by:William UngerAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1900

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas UmbachPublished by:Jeremias Wolff |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1981,U.377 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620

print

Title: The stoning of the elders Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: E,4.301 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 After:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1555-1580

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5582 |
Producer name: BIOG49260 Print made by:Werner van den Valckert |
Production date: 1610-1620

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1200 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5581 |
Producer name: BIOG49260 Print made by:Werner van den Valckert |
Production date: 1610-1620

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Firmin BeauvarletAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1862,0712.631 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 After:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1555-1580

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.558 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Philip Spruyt |
Production date: 1763

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