Susanna and the Elders
Gerrit van Honthorst
early 17th–mid 17th century
Medium
Pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper; framing line in pen and brown ink, by a later hand
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 9/16 in. (21 x 29.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer Sackler and Theresa Sackler and Family and Van Day Truex Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.34
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Gerrit van Honthorst · 1592–1656
The most well-known painter of the Utrecht Caravaggists, he is famed for his night scenes and dramatic lighting; later in his career he was in demand as a portraitist.