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Artwork of Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

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Beckman, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Max Beckman (1884-1950), "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" (1917), Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.
Nicolas Poussin. Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery. 1653. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. Detail.

Rembrandt, Christ And The Woman Taken In Adultery 1644, Oil on wood, 83,8 x 65,4 cm, National Gallery, London.

Pieter Bruegel (1525?-1569), Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1565, oil on panel 24x34cm, Courtlauld Gallery

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri; Italian, ca. 1591-1666), Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1621.

Alexandre Bida, from Christ in Art; or, The Gospel Life of Jesus: With the Bida Illustrations. by Edward Eggleston. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1874. BW etchings.

Jacopo Robusti detto il Tintoretto, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Cristo e l'Adultera, 1546-48, Oil on canvas, 119 x 168 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), BW engraving.

Max Beckman (1884-1950), Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1917
(Cristo y la mujer adúltera), St. Louis Art Museum, USA.

Bruce H. Smith, Woman Taken in Adultery (recent)

Gerardus Duyckinck (1695-1746), The Woman Taken in Adultery, c. 1725-1730. Oil on canvas; 41 1/2" x 50 1/2". Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Vasiliy Polenov. Christ and Woman Taken in Adultery. 1886-1887. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Lodovico Mazzolino (worked: 1504 to about 1528/30), Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, c. 1522. Oil on wood, 46 x 30.8 cm. National Gallery, Trafalger Square, London.

Albert Edward Sterner (1863-1946), The Woman Taken in Adultery (1936), drypoint engraving.

Modern icon, The Woman taken in adultery

Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586). Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery," by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586), oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Chris Highman, The Woman taken in Adultery, contemporary artist. Wimborne, Dorset, UK.

Jobst Harrich (German, 1586-1617), The Woman Taken in Adultery, undated, oil on copper, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586). Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575), Market Scene with Christ and the Adulteress (ca. 1559) - oil on wood, by - now in Städtliches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

Attributed to Orazio De Ferrari (1606-1657), Christ and the Adulteress, late 1650s, oil on canvas

Chinese Art, Adulteress. n.d. (top left of page)

Lorenzo Lotto (1480 - 1556), Le Christ et la femme adultère

Allemand Enluminure, Christ et la Femme Adultère, Michigan Ma. Illuminated manuscript.

Emile Signol (1804-1892), Le Christ et la femme adultère (1840), Tableau religieux, 1,14 m x 1,39 m. Musée du Louvre, Chassériau

L'adultera, unknown 20th century artist.

Antonio Tempèra, contemporary artist. Adultera ai piedi del Maestro

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Cristo e a adúltera, BW woodcut.

Valentin de Boulogne, French, 1620s, Oil on canvas, 66 x 86 1/2 in., Getty Museum.

William Blake, poor BW copy, but interesting composition.

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Collection of links by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. - Loyola Marymount University

Gallery of 8 pages of pictures.

Cartoon series, La Femme Adultère (French subtitles)

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