European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Based on the painting, dated 1565, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, in the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London (The Princes Gate Collection, 9) Made in Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europec. 1600 Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish (active Antwerp), 1564 - 1637/38 Oil on panel Currently not on view Cat. 423 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelIn his encounter with the adulteress (John 8:7), Jesus begins to write, "Die sonder sonde is, die w…" ("He that is without sin [among you]") on the ground. For this work, Pieter Brueghel the Younger followed the composition of his father's (Pieter Bruegel the Elder) 1565 grisaille painting, now in the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery in London. The younger artist spelled his last name differently than his father. |
