SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS
The two wicked Elders here wait for Susanna's maid to leave her before accosting Susanna. They gave her a choice of committing adultery with them in secret or being accused by them of the sin she had not committed. Virtue eventually triumphed: Susanna was vindicated and the Elders were executed.
In the wide border are the arms of Gossenbrot, Rehliongen and Welser, the latter added in embroidery. Sigmund Gossenbrot of Augsburg in 1476 married Anna Rehlingen. This tapestry, made for them, then passed to their daughter, Ursula, who maried Lucas Welser before 1515.
FLEMISH; circa 1500
Museum number 546-1872 [before 2003]