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Object Type
print
Museum number
F,1.27
Description
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery; Christ bends forward to write out his message in the dust, the woman at right, the Pharisee and an old man at far right, a crown cast into deep shadow beyond; first state with address of Pieter de Jode; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1579 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pedro Perret
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Pieter de Jode I
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1579
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
264 millimetres
Width:
334 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Based on a grisaille painting by Bruegel dated 1565 in the Courtauld; the plate dates to ten years after Bruegel's death. For intepretive problems with this work, see D. Freedberg, 'The Prints of Pieter Bruegel the Elder,' Tokyo, 1989, p.53 ff.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(A2.I)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(111.II)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(88.II)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(111.II)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
woman taken in adultery
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition notes
laid down on mount and verso invisible; probably Sloane
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
F,1.27