Christ and the Adulteress (Q21680487)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: no value
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880) Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (VKC) (Q2542010)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
main subject: Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (Q492663)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) panel (Q106857709)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: S-109
BALaT object ID: 102573
RKDimages ID: 218734

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-109

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: The theme of Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery is taken from the Gospel of John (8: 1-11). While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, the scribes and the Pharisees brought him a woman caught in the act of adultery. According to the law of Moses, she was to be stoned. When they cunningly asked him…

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