Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso), Giovanni Battista Pittoni, ca. 1720

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Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso), ca. 1720, Red and black chalks, Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 3/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Italian, Venice 1687–1767 Venice), This small, energetic composition sketch in black chalk portrays the apocryphal Old Testament story of Susannah, here seen in voluptuous nudity on the right, being surprised at her bath by the two lecherous elders, whose figures are summarily indicated

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