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

brick

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

brick

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

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: 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

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

drawing; sketch-book

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

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

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: 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

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

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

Museum number: F,1.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1611

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4886 |
Producer name: BIOG26060 Print made by:Daniel van den Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1670

print

Title: Susanna Icones Illustrium Feminarum Veteris Testamenti |
Museum number: 1992,0404.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IIAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590-1595

print

Museum number: R,3.31 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Paulus Pontius |
Production date: 1624

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.559 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Philip Spruyt |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: X,7.22 |
Producer name: After:Antoine CoypelPrint made by:Louis Simonneau |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1834,0804.103 |
Producer name: BIOG21212 Print made by:Abraham de Bruyn |
Production date: 1570

print

Museum number: F,1.254 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.4722 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Museum number: 1876,1014.172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter SchenkAfter:Antoine Coypel |
Production date: 1675-1719 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Susanna |
Museum number: 1978,0121.40 |
Producer name: BIOG21265 Print made by:John Buckland Wright |
Production date: 1929

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1873,0809.707 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1873,0809.706 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print; ornament print

Title: Mansches de coutiaus ... |
Museum number: 1883,1110.491-492 |
Producer name: BIOG21219 Print made by:Johann Theodor de Bry |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Susanne au Bain Collection d'estampes d'apres les desseins origina |
Museum number: 1858,1113.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich Theodor Joseph BislingerPrint made by:Johann Gerhard Huck |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:Düsseldorf (city)Published in:Nuremberg

print

Title: Vase de cristal de roche Les gemmes et joyaux de la Couronne |
Museum number: 1871,0610.856 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1865

print

Museum number: 1915,0508.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan SaenredamAfter:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1602

print

Museum number: 1837,0616.133 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1532

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.317 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaes BraeuAfter:Jacob Matham |
Production date: 1575-1600

print

Title: Susanne avec les viellards Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Louis RomanetAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Museum number: 1920,0521.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean BoulangerAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1625-1680

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6053 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VlietAfter:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1630-1635

print

Title: Susanna im bade Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.497 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz HanfstänglAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1837

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1949,0709.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: D,6.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1056 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wallerant VaillantAfter:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1660-1675

print

Title: Convicerat enim eos Daniel ex ore suo Falsum dixisse Testimonium |
Museum number: 1867,0511.424 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: U,1.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Annibale CarracciPublished by:Pietro Stefanoni |
Production date: 1588-1597

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.1387 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de SonPublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1625-1637

print

Title: Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne |
Museum number: 1870,0625.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MännlAfter:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1957,0413.252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Suzanne surprise au bain Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.375 |
Producer name: After:Guido ReniPrint made by:Pierre Guillaume Alexandre Beljambe |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: Susanne au bain |
Museum number: 1889,0318.50 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste SanterrePrint made by:Carlo Antonio Porporati |
Production date: 1773

print

Museum number: 1888,0716.267 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan SaenredamAfter:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1595

print

Title: Recueil Lebrun Recueil de gravures au trait |
Museum number: 1863,0411.27 |
Producer name: BIOG22293 After:Giacomo Cavedone |
Production date: 1807-1809

print

Museum number: W,6.53 |
Producer name: BIOG19706 Print made by:Bartolomeo Biscaino |
Production date: 1650-1657

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: D,5.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1551

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6072 |
Producer name: BIOG31991 Print made by:Emmanuel Hooghstaet |
Production date: 1700

print

Title: Convicerat enim eos Daniel ex ore suo Falsum dixisse Testimonium |
Museum number: 1867,0511.423 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1764

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.71.93 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1670-1671

print

Title: Convicerat enim eos Daniel ex ore suo Falsum dixisse Testimonium |
Museum number: 1870,0813.597 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1033 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BlootelingAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1670-1690

print

Museum number: D,5.131 |
Producer name: After:Karel van Mander IPrint made by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1587

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6052 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VlietAfter:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1630-1635

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: 1949,0709.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print

Museum number: 1853,0312.325 |
Producer name: BIOG40298 Print made by:Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: The elders trying to seduce Susanna Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.190 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2472 |
Producer name: BIOG33532 Print made by:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: D,6.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: F,1.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor GalleAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1587

print

Title: The History of Susanna |
Museum number: 1937,0915.293 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderPublished by:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella R.Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1872,0713.680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stefano MulinariAfter:José de Ribera |
Production date: 1774

print

Museum number: 1950,0401.14 |
Producer name: After:Antoine CoypelPrint made by:Jean de Poilly |
Production date: 1684-1701

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0509.107 |
Producer name: After:Guido ReniAfter:Guido Cagnacci |
Production date: 1822

print

Title: Susanne au bain Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques BouilliardAfter:Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino |
Production date: 1797

print

Museum number: 1853,0709.246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist ATAfter:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1570

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.1622 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SilberFormerly attributed to:Monogrammist IS |
Production date: 1572-1590

print

Title: Susanne au bain |
Museum number: 1868,0822.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo Antonio PorporatiAfter:Jean Baptiste Santerre |
Production date: 1773

print

Museum number: 1853,0112.43 |
Producer name: BIOG33532 Print made by:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: 1909,0612.7 |
Producer name: BIOG45172 Print made by:Erhard Schön |
Production date: 1530

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MathamAfter:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1599

print; ornament print

Title: Mansches de coutiaus ... |
Museum number: 1867,0413.585 |
Producer name: BIOG21219 Print made by:Johann Theodor de Bry |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Museum number: E,4.239.+ |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1532

print

Museum number: E,4.240 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1532

print

Museum number: 1861,0413.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Chevalier Ignace Joseph de ClaussinAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1781-1844

print

Museum number: 1927,0614.178-179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo da TrevisoAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1514-1515

print

Title: Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings |
Museum number: 1862,0712.65 |
Producer name: BIOG46400 Print made by:John Skippe |
Production date: 1781-1783

print

Museum number: E,8.153 |
Producer name: BIOG45169 Print made by:Hans Schäufelein |
Production date: 1536

print

Title: Chasteté de Suzanne |
Museum number: U,11.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DemarneAfter:Jean François de Troy |
Production date: 1727-1743

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.301 |
Producer name: Print made by:Chevalier Ignace Joseph de ClaussinAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1781-1844

print

Title: The elders accusing Susanna of adultery Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti, |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1579 1585

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentin Daniel PreislerAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s

print

Title: The story of Susanna |
Museum number: E,4.307 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 Print made by:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1555

print

Title: Convicerat enim eos Daniel ex ore suo Falsum dixisse Testimonium |
Museum number: 1870,0625.583 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1764

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