Christ in the temple with the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by Diana Scultori after Giulio Romano.
- Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
- Date:
- 1633
- Reference:
- 34175i
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Represents the saying of Christ : He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her
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Bible, N.T. John 8.1-11, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." The scribes and the Pharisees make abusive gestures towards Christ. The lame and poor lie outside the entrance to the temple begging for alms
Publication/Creation
Roma (alla Pace) : Gio. Iacomo de Rossi, 1633.
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 42.4 x 57.8 cm
Lettering
All'Ill.mo et Ecc.mo sigre Monsignore D. Pompeo Colonna. Mi spinge l'antica servitù, che professo a V. Ecc.za spinger le linee di questo foglio, al centro del suo glorioso nome, il qual nome fu sempre centro della mio divotione. Riconosco dunque il foglio per figlio della mia osservanza, e la mia osservanza per parto del suo merito e divotamente la ... D.V.S. I.II.ma et Ecc.ma. Mauritio Bona dedica. Iulius R. inventor. Diana F. Diana Scultora Mantoana fecit... Roma anno 1633. con privilegio...
References note
Stefania Massari, Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, Roma: Palombi, 1993, mentioned under no. 153, pp. 157-159
Reference
Wellcome Collection 34175i
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