Painting and Sculpture

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a small panel 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 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 first cast the stone at her on the ground before her feet. A number of the unthrown stones lie on the floor to the woman's left.

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• ▸Flora (Rembrandt, Hermitage)
• ▸Alaska SeaLife Center
• ▸Charles Heaney

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