Christus und die Ehebrecherin

Title

Christus und die Ehebrecherin

Draughtsman

• Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Traube und zwei Schriftbänder

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 7,53-8,11

Primary

• 73C7222 Pharisees bring a woman accused of adultery before Christ (John 8:2-11)
• 73C72221 Christ points to or writes on the ground

Secondary

• 46A7 crowd, mob
• 25I144(+1) square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)