In the temple in Jerusalem, the Pharisees bring a woman caught in adultery to Christ. He is to judge her. Christ writes with his finger in the ground and says: "He who is without sin cast the first stone" (John 8:2-11). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
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Jan-Baptist Barbé
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | Christ and the Adulteress, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Adducunt Scribae et Pharisaei mulierem in adultrerio depraehensam. Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum, digito sribebat in terra. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Ioan. 8. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 28. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Baptista Barbe sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-22 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-22 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11669/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 12A43 the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 42D39 adultery Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49L11 handwriting, writing as activity Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C7222 Pharisees bring a woman accused of adultery before Christ (John 8:2-11) Iconclass 73C72221 Christ points to or writes on the ground Iconclass 73C72222 the Pharisees slink away when Christ says: 'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her' ~ woman accused of adultery Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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