Susanna and the Elders

Gerrit van Honthorst Dutch

early 17th–mid 17th century

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Susanna and the Elders
Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, Utrecht 1592–1656 Utrecht)
Date: 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
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer Sackler and Theresa Sackler and Family and Van Day Truex Fund, 2006
Object Number: 2006.34
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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