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Woman taken in Adultery

Maker

Ortolano (Artists)
active ca. 1500-after 1527 (Life dates)

Title

Woman taken in Adultery

Date of Production

1524 - 1527

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 97.5 cm (frame)
Width: 112 cm (frame)
Depth: 7 cm (frame)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.301

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

This painting represents a notorious episode from the Gospel of saint John. Christ came upon a crowd about to stone to death a woman convicted of adultery. Asked for advice, he wrote on the ground: ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin cast the first stone'.
Ortolano drew his nickname from the profession of his father, a gardener. His style is characterized by a great purity and a love of contrasting colours.

Provenance

Purchased by Viscount Lee of Fareham from ‘Ruck’ in 1922 for £400; Lee Bequest, 1947.

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