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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
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Production date: 1579
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Dimensions: Height: 264 millimetres; Width: 334 millimetres
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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
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Acquisition notes: laid down on mount and verso invisible; probably Sloane
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: F,1.27

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