The Nivaagaard Collection, a small art museum in rural Denmark, has acquired Artemisia Gentileschi's painting *Susanna and the Elders* (1644–48), marking the first work by the Italian Baroque artist to enter a Danish institution. Director Andrea Rygg Karberg secured the painting from a private collection via New York–based Old Masters dealer Nicholas Hall, beating dozens of international galleries. The acquisition is described as the most important addition to the museum since its founding in 1908.
This acquisition matters because it brings a major work by a historically significant female artist to a Danish museum for the first time, joining prestigious institutions like the Getty and the Met that own Gentileschi's work. It also reflects a broader effort by the Nivaagaard Collection to address gender imbalance in its holdings, having recently identified works by other female artists such as Europa Anguissola and Catharina Ykens II. The purchase was supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation and the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation.