What is Susanna and the Elders (Pittoni)?
{{Infobox painting | image=Susanna_and_the_Elders_(recto);_Architectural_design_and_other_scribbles_(verso)_MET_2005.117a,_b.jpg | alt=See adjacent text. | image_size=250px | title=Susanna and the Elders | italic title=yes | other_language_1=Italian | other_title_1=Susanna e i Vecchioni | other_language_2=French | other_title_2= Susanna et les anciens | artist=[[Giambattista Pittoni]] | year=c. 1720 | type=[[Oil painting|Oil]] on [[Populus|poplar]] | imperial_unit = in <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | height_imperial=19.4 | width_imperial=13.1 | city=[[New York]] | museum=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]}} '''''Susanna and the Elders ''''' (also known as '''''Susanna e i Vecchioni''''') is a 18th-century [[portrait]] [[painting|painted]] in [[oil painting|oil]] by [[Giambattista Pittoni]], made around [[1720]], during the [[Rococo]] in [[Venice]], [[Italy]], exhibited at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref>[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/368314 Giovanni Battista Pittoni «Susanna and the Elders» (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso), metmuseum.org]</ref> == Description == It is a compositional drawing in black chalk that depicts the history of [[Old Testament]] of [[Susanna (Old Testament) | Susanna]], here portrayed on the right in nudity, surprised during the bath by two elderly people, whose figures are summarily portrayed.<ref>[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/susanna-and-the-elders-recto-architectural-design-and-other-scribbles-verso-giovanni-battista-pittoni/jAFw6msF7-0sag Giovanni Battista Pittoni artwork «Susanna and the Elders» Google art and culture,] [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] of New York City</ref> ==Interpretation== Pittoni initially sketched the general composition quickly and lightly, then elaborated the contours of the male figures with much greater hand pressure to give the tonal emphasis. It is a work with the typical Rococo sensitivity of Pittoni, in which the composition seems to have