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Object Type
Museum number: 1860,0211.406
Title: Object: Woman taken in adultery; Series: Stafford Gallery
Description: Plate 16: Christ, standing on the left. argues with a man who is showing him an open book; on the right stands the adulterous woman, her hands folded on her chest; all the figures are seen half-length; after a painting attributed to Pordenone. 1814 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Marie Delattre; After: Giovanni Antonio Pordenone; Intermediary draughtsman: William Marshall Craig; Published by: Longman; Published by: J White; Published by: Cadell & Davies; Published by: Peltro William Tomkins
School/style: British; Italian
Production date: 1814
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 218 millimetres (sheet); Width: 327 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From 'Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection...', see 1860,0211.552 for comment. Painting not described in Cohen's catalogue.
Bibliographic references: Delignières 1902 / Un graveur de 95 ans - Delattre (Jean Marie) d'Abbeville, 1745-1840 (undescribed); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland; Representation of: Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1860,0211.406

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