Susannah and the Elders
Medium
etching, aquatint and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 × 22.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 18.5 × 23.5 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.) mount: 23.7 × 32 cm (9 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2017.13.3
About the Artist
Jean Pierre Norblin
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, born on July 15, 1745, in Misy-sur-Yonne, France, began his artistic training in Paris during the early 1760s. He apprenticed in the studio of Jacques-Philippe Caresme around 1763, then studied under Francesco Casanova circa 1765, mastering battle scenes, genre paintings, and landscapes, as evidenced by his early *Cavalry Skirmish* of 1769. Admitted to the Acad...