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Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)
The Woman Taken in Adultery c.1724
Oil on canvas | 317.7 x 291.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400079
On loan, Osterley Park [London]
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Within a church with green marble columns, Christ, on the right, kneeling, points with his right index finger to an inscription on the floor; in the centre the adulterous woman, hands bound; around her the elders peer intently at Christ.
Provenance
Acquired in 1762 by George III from Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice (Italian List no 27); recorded in the Public Dining Room at Hampton Court in Pyne's Royal Residences of 1819
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
317.7 x 291.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
Other number(s)
ML add-Ricci
