Susanna and the Elders

Lucas van Leyden, a child prodigy took a strikingly original approach to the subjects of his early prints. In this engraving, in the foreground, hidden behind a rocky outcrop and some trees, the elders spy on the bathing Susanna, who is a small figure in the distance. The focus is on the evil-doers, whose faces, gestures and poses betray their furtive and lustful intentions.