Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Susanna and the elders (Stuck)

This cropped variant of “Susanna and the elders” focuses all attention on the female figure surprised in her intimacy. Franz von Stuck conceals the presence of the elders at the top of the wall to recenter the drama on Susanna’s protective gesture and frightened gaze. The composition highlights the artist’s virtuosity in rendering flesh, painted with a diaphanous luminosity that contrasts sharply with the intense red of the fabric she rests upon. The scene is bathed in a dreamlike atmosphere thanks to the almost impressionistic treatment of the stone wall and vegetation. An artwork that sublimates the subtle eroticism and psychological expressiveness specific to the Bavarian master.