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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Jan van Orley · c. 1685 - before 1700 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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While Christ is teaching in the temple, the scholars bring him an adulterous woman to judge her. Christ bends down and writes with his finger on the ground: 'Whoever of you is without sin, let him cast the first stone at her'. Below the image this verse, from John 8, in Latin.

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Credit lineChristus en de overspelige vrouw. c. 1685 - before 1700. Jan van Orley. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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