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Object Type
print
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
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
218 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
327 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
woman taken in adultery
Associated names
Associated with:
George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1860
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1860,0211.406