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This painting represents a notorious episode from the Gospel of Saint John. Christ came upon a crowd about to stone to death a woman convicted of adultery. Asked for advice, he wrote on the ground: ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin cast the first stone’. L'Ortolano drew his nickname from the profession of his father, a gardener. His style is characterised by a great purity and a love of contrasting colours.

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

London

Title

Woman Taken in Adultery

Date

1524–1527

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 71.6 x W 87.3 cm

Accession number

P.1947.LF.301

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham, 1947

Work type

Painting

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