The Chaste Susanna - Scorodoumov after Carle Vanloo

Booklet from the 1765 Salon:

"By the late M. Carle Vanloo, premier Peintre du Roi, Chevalier de son Ordre, Directeur de l'Académie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture, Directeur de l'Ecole Royale des Elèves protégés.
N° 1. [...]
2. The Graces.
3. The Chaste Susanna.
These two Paintings, of the same size, are 7 feet 6 inches high, by 6 feet 2 inches wide."

Deloynes 8, 107. Critique des peintures et sculptures de messieurs de l'Académie royale. L'an 1765. (anonyme sl), p. 7:

"This painting is one of Sallon's most beautiful & striking [8]. Susanne in the midst of the two Old Men, is in an attitude that characterizes with great truth, shame mingled with despair at finding herself exposed to the impudicities of the two Old Men she hates to hear about. A criminal passion tempts her to her doom; her virtue protects her from it. In one of the Old Men, there is an air of indignation at finding her unfailing virtue an obstacle: in the other, there is an air of gentleness as she strives to achieve her goal. The arrangement of this painting is pleasing, and the brushwork very meticulous. It attracts all Spectators, & passes for one of his masterpieces."

Deloynes 8, 108. Mathon de la Cour, Lettres a Monsieur ** sur les peintures, les sculptures et les gravures, exposées dans le Sallon du Louvre en 1765, Bauche, 1765, p. 4:

"Carle Vanloo's third painting depicts Susanne. She is a strikingly beautiful woman whose physiognomy [5] & attitude express both anger & fright. While one of the old men parades her beauty with sparkling eyes, the other strives to seduce her with his eloquence. Although this painting is very effective, it is said that Vanloo wanted to repaint the old men.
You must agree, Monsieur, that reputation is a beautiful thing. They say that morals have degenerated. Yet here is a Jewish woman who immortalized herself, over three thousand years ago, for rebuffing two old men. How many French women have there been of whom no mention has been made, and who have resisted kind young men? It's true that these old men tested Susanne with threats, but that's all the more reason not to be listened to: a man who would today resort to this revolting means, would not triumph even over a woman without morals."

Mercure de France, October 1765, p. 148-149:

"Another painting by the same Author & of similar size to the previous one, represents Susanne exposed to the licentious enterprises of two Old Men. The woman's head character is in keeping with the situation; fear, indignation, & hope in Heaven's help are clearly expressed. The body is of great beauty of complexion & design. The two old men group well with the Susanna's figure; they also have expression in their heads: we have heard it said that the Painter himself nevertheless still found something to be desired & that he intended to retouch it, had he lived longer. As this painting is, it produces an effect that has conciliated all the suffrages of the Public, & which has always made it looked at with a marked distinction."