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Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Guercino, 1621 (Dulwich Picture Gallery) Christ and Sinner, 1873 by Henryk Siemiradzki Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1565 by Pieter Bruegel, oil on panel, 24 cm × 34 cm (9.4 in × 13.4 in) Christ and the woman taken in adultery, drawing by Rembrandt
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a biblical episode from John 8:1–8:20 where Jesus encounters an adulteress brought before Pharisees and scribes, which has been depicted by many artists. Such a crime was punishable by death by stoning ; however, in the scene, Jesus stoops to write (in Dutch) he that is without sin among you, let him ...
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The subject of the painting the story of Christ and the woman taken in adultery described in the Gospel of John. (The other three Gospels do not contain this story.) [2] [3] The Pharisees and Sadducees brought to Christ a woman found guilty of adultery.
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is an episode from the New Testament. Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery or The Woman Taken in Adultery may also refer to: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, a painting of 1917 by Max Beckmann; Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, a painting of 1565 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Christ and the Adulteress, also called Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, and The Adulteress Brought before Christ, is an oil painting usually attributed to Titian and painted early in his career, c. 1508-1510. It hangs in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in Glasgow. [1]
It is a free interpretation of the episode of the Gospel of John, when Jesus saved a woman taken in adultery from those who wanted to stone her. Jesus appears at the center of the composition, having the adulteress, wearing a red veil with eyes closed and breasts visible, with her hands folded, begging for mercy, at his feet.
It and another work by Preti showing Christ with a single woman (Christ and the Canaanite Woman) were both recorded as being in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples in 1806, but were split up the following year when Adultery was acquired by the Real Museo Borbonico and Canaanite passed to the church of Sant'Efremo Nuovo. [2]