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Susanna at her Bath  1850

by Francesco Hayez

Hayez was the leading artist of mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his great historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits. This painting of 'Susannah at her Bath' combines two of his favourite subject matters: an Old Testament story and a voluptuous female nude. [br] The story comes from the Apocryphal Book of Daniel (Chapter 13). As the ...
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