1600
oil
panel
From the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a 1600 oil by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This painting shows a scene of Jesus writing on the ground, surrounded by a crowd of people. He is dressed in a long, light-colored robe and is barefoot. The crowd is made up of men and women, some of whom are dressed in armor. In the foreground, a woman stands with her head bowed, while a group of men gesture towards her. The background is dark, with a few vertical lines that may represent pillars or trees. The painting is rich in detail, with intricate textures and colors that draw the viewer's eye. For more on the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts of light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures, look up chiaroscuro.
Pieter Brueghel the Younger ( BROY-gəl, also US: BROO-gəl; Dutch: ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – between March and May 1638) was a Flemish painter known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the…
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