GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI (ITALIAN, 1823-1880)

A student of the Accademia in Rome under the direction of Piètro Tenerani (a pupil of Thorvaldsen), Lombardi established a celebrated career producing large religious and allegorical subjects. Much like the present lot, the artist heavily favored individual biblical female subjects, including Ruth, Susanna, Deborah, and Rebecca.
Lombardi executed several variations on Susanna at the Bath, many of which are illustrated in A. Conconi Fedrigolli, Giovanni Battista Lombardi, 1822-1880, Brescia, 2006, pp. 163-164.