{"id":3027,"date":"2019-09-05T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/collezioni\/susanna-and-the-elders\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:46:39","slug":"susanna-and-the-elders","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/collections\/susanna-and-the-elders\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanna and the Elders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gutenslider-ufrf5ieey\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none lg-zoom-icon wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 50vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-ufrf5ieey .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-ufrf5ieey .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-ufrf5ieey .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":true,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:300;--ed-vh:225;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-4929\" src=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-con-cornice-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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object-position: 50% 50%;\"  data-caption=\"d370\" data-title=\"Susanna e i vecchioni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-197x146.jpg 197w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-101x75.jpg 101w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-960x711.jpg 960w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370-648x480.jpg 648w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/d370.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"eedee-background-div__overlay\" style=\"opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slide-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center gutenslider-content-initial has-larger-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"13\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M10.828 12l4.95 4.95-1.414 1.414L8 12l6.364-6.364 1.414 1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"11\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-bottom \" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">STEFANO MARIA LEGNANI called LEGNANINO<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Milan, 1661-1713<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Susanna eand the Elders<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">oil on canvas, cm 147&#215;194<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The work here presented depicts the steamy episode, taken from the Old Testament (Daniel, chapter 13), in which the virtuous Susanna, married daughter of a rich Jewish man, is caught bathing in the garden of the palace where she lives by two older men. After she refuses to give herself to them, they get her arrested on false accusations, but they will eventually be exposed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This episode from the Old Testament, very fashionable during the baroque period for its obvious erotic implications \u2013 duly masked by the biblical origin \u2013 and for the inherent exaltation of marital fidelity, was attributed by Marco Riccomini to Milan- based painter Stefano Maria Legnani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Legnanino, who some sources say was a student of Cignani in Bologna and of Maratta in Rome, \u201cdistinguished himself mainly for the frescoes commissioned by the Court of Savoy, starting with the ones made between 1695 and 1703 in twelve rooms of the palace of Emanuele Filiberto Amedeo of Savoy, prince of Carignano\u201d in Turin, and for the frescoes in a number of important churches, for the most part located in Lombardy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The scholar rightly points out how this piece is connected to a com- position by Guido Reni now in the National Gallery of London (inv. n. NG 196), in which there is a big similarity, along with the overall structure, in the bearded man\u2019s partly shaded head. Legnanino, the scholar adds, authored at least another version of this composition, a small grisaille canvas, part of a private collection (44,5&#215;60,5 cm), a pendant of Judith and Holofernes, both published years ago and made during the artist\u2019s later years, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The scholar, rather than assume the grisaille had a preparatory function, speculates that it was \u201cconceived later, as a proof of his prowess and, simultaneously, a \u2018souvenir\u2019 of a [significant] commission\u201d, such as the canvas of large size here presented.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Publications:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cStefano Maria Legnani: Il Legnanino\u201d, edited by Marina Dell\u2019Omo, Edizioni Tipoarte, Bologna, 1998, no. 43, p. 67, fig. 48 and pp. 179-180.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/3027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}