Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a small panel painting in grisaille by the Netherlandish Renaissance printmaker and painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It is signed and dated 1565.
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Death of the Virgin at Upton House, Warwickshire, 1564
The 1579 engraving by Paul Perret
Pieter Brueghel the Younger's oil on panel version of c. 1600
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a passage found in John 7:53–8:11 of the New Testament. It is considered by many to be pseudepigraphical.
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel)
…painting in grisaille (near monochrome) by the Netherlandish Renaissance printmaker and painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It is signed and dated 1565. 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…
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, drawing by Rembrandt