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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery: P.1684-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Vita, Passio et Ressurectio Iesu Christi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barbé, Jean Baptist
Designer: Vos, Maarten de (After)
Publisher: Galle, Theodor

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1600 - 1630

Note

III/IV.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 182 mm Width 222 mm
Sheet Height 217 mm Width 252 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Adducunt Scribae et Pharisaei mulierem in adulterio depraehensam. Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum, digito scribebat in terra. Ioan. 8.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 28.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: M. de Vos inuent.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Ioan. Baptista Barbe Sculp.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Theodor. Galle excud.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Cross of Lorraine
  • Type: Watermark

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Countermark SN / X
  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1684-1991
Primary reference Number: 83214
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 302 III/IV
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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