Christ and the Adulteress (German: Christus und die Ehebrecherin), also titled Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, or The Adulteress before Christ, is an oil painting by Titian, made about 1520, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.[1][2]
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| Year | c. 1520 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 82.5 cm × 136.5 cm (32.5 in × 53.7 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna |
| Accession | GG_114 |
Provenance edit
Carlo Ridolfi mentions having seen this picture in the Venetian studio of Bartolomeo della Nave.[1] It formed part of the art collection of the Duke of Hamilton from 1638 to 1649.[1] It then entered the collection Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria.[1]
Copies edit
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Copy by Teniers after Titian, c. 1655–1656 (16.9 x 22.5 cm) -
Print by Jan van Troyen after Teniers for the Theatrum Pictorium, 1673 -
Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels, (Vienna, c. 1650) -
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Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (Petworth, 1651)
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See also edit
References edit
Sources edit
- Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. pp. 24, 35, 146, 176.
- "Christus und die Ehebrecherin". Kunsthistorisches Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.