Oil painting on canvas dating back to the end of the 19th century. Signed lower right. It represents a biblical episode taken from the book of Daniel. The scene immortalizes the moment in which two elderly judges spy and blackmail Susanna, threatening to accuse her of adultery if she does not give in to their advances. Despite the refusal, Susanna is subsequently exonerated thanks to the intervention of the prophet Daniel. At the center of the scene stands the figure of Susanna, who wraps her nakedness in a white cloth like her body, with the two old men who in the background on the right look at her lewdly; the scene is framed by red curtains and a red marble column on the right, while in the background, beyond the balustrade of the room, an exotic landscape opens up, with palm trees and prickly pears. The painting is the work of the Venetian painter Guglielmo Berti, known above all for his life-like Venetian landscapes and views, but also a producer of genre scenes, mainly of a popular nature. Also in this work the artist's attention to detail stands out, in the small objects in Susanna's bathroom, in the embroidery and designs of the fabrics of her clothes, in the grain of the marble of the column on the right. The work is presented in a contemporary carved and gilded wooden frame.
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