Christ and the Adulteress, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv

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Artist(s) / maker(s)

Maerten de Vos (after)

,

Joannes Galle (publisher)

,

Jan-Baptist Barbé (engravers (printmakers))

Date

circa 1598 - 1618

Periods

16th century , 17th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

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.

Public Domain

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Features

Artist(s) / maker(s)	Maerten de Vos VIAF RKD Wikidata , Joannes Galle VIAF RKD , Jan-Baptist Barbé
Type	burin engraving
Category	prints (visual works) AAT
Material	burijngravure op papier met watermerk (rechts in het midden) paper
Dimensions	181 x 221 mm
Location	Work currently not on display
Object number	2014-LZ-22

Description

Subjects

religious symbolism , figures (representations) , interior views

Tags

New Testament Iconclass , Christ Iconclass , Christ as adult Iconclass , adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass , adultery Iconclass , Pharisees bring a woman accused of adultery before Christ (John 8:2-11) Iconclass , Christ points to or writes on the ground Iconclass , 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 , the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion Iconclass , handwriting, writing as activity Iconclass , female sex; woman Iconclass , male sex; man Iconclass , standing figure Iconclass , standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass , leaning forward Iconclass , Iconclass , art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass

Linked open data

Data PURL	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-22
IIIF manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11669/manifest.json
LIDO XML	https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LZ-22

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