Adulteress Collection

Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, 1905 (marble)
8683397 Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, 1905 (marble) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); Musee Rodin, Paris, France; (add.info.: "Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini")

Two postcards fantasy the wife and a friend around 1900 (photo)
PCT4256520 Two postcards fantasy the wife and a friend around 1900 (photo); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023.

King Louis XIV (1638-1715) and his mistress Madame de Montespan or Athenais de Montespan, 1851 (engraving)
ELD4928940 King Louis XIV (1638-1715) and his mistress Madame de Montespan or Athenais de Montespan, 1851 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini in Hell, before 1861 (India ink wash and white tempera on brown tinted paper)
8683377 Paolo and Francesca da Rimini in Hell, before 1861 (India ink wash and white tempera on brown tinted paper) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg

Winter evenings at home (litho)
8663959 Winter evenings at home (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter evenings at home. A game of hide and seek)

Illustration for the novel Joseph Balsamo, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4293137 Illustration for the novel Joseph Balsamo, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: King Louis XV receives in Versailles Madame Dubarry (Countess Jeanne du Barry or Becu, 1743-1793)

Paolo and Francesca, 1909 (oil on canvas)
8683393 Paolo and Francesca, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Previati, Gaetano (1852-1920); Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Ferrara, Emilia Romagna

Dido's despair, caricature making fun of Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton's relationship, 1801 (engraving)
MMM5481908 Dido's despair, caricature making fun of Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton's relationship, 1801 (engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); National Maritime Museum, London

Christ and the sinner, 1548-1549. Creator: Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1556)
Christ and the sinner, 1548-1549. Found in the Collection of the Museo Pontificio Santa Casa, Loreto.

La femme de Claude (Die Ehebrecherin), 1877. Creator: Mosso, Francesco (1848-1877)
La femme de Claude (Die Ehebrecherin), 1877. Found in the Collection of the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Torino.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, ca 1528-1529. Creator: Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1556)
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, ca 1528-1529. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Catherine Howard is conveyed to the tower, illustration from Hutchinson's Story of the British Nation
STC373613 Catherine Howard is conveyed to the tower, illustration from Hutchinson's Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Skinner

Sir Richard Worsley. Portrait. (print)
7419960 Sir Richard Worsley. Portrait. (print) by Cardon, Antoine (1772-1813); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2023

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery (oil on canvas)
NGW238898 Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery (oil on canvas) by Tiepolo, Giandomenico (Giovanni Domenico) (1727-1804); 43.3x63.8 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Christ and the Adulteress, ca. 1545-50. Creator: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Christ and the Adulteress, ca. 1545-50

Christ and the Adulteress, 1575-1635. Creator: Domenico Tintoretto
Christ and the Adulteress, 1575-1635. Earlier ascribed to Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)

Joseph and the Potiphar's wife, 17th century (oil on canvas)
7062914 Joseph and the Potiphar's wife, 17th century (oil on canvas) by Biliverti, Giovanni (1576-1644); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Christ and the adulteress, c. 1545-48 (oil on canvas)
7062975 Christ and the adulteress, c. 1545-48 (oil on canvas) by Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518-94); 119 x 168 cm; Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Christ and the adulteress, c. 1510 (tempra on wood)
7130038 Christ and the adulteress, c.1510 (tempra on wood) by Barbari, Niccolo de (fl.c.1510); Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Christ and the adulteress, c.1510)

Christ and the Adulteress, 1525-28 (oil on canvas)
1108902 Christ and the Adulteress, 1525-28 (oil on canvas) by Palma, Jacopo (Il Vecchio) (c.1480-1528); Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: by Jacopo Palma); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Charger, c. 1750 (porcelain)
XOS5878252 Charger, c. 1750 (porcelain) by Chinese School (18th century); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: China, Chinese Export)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, detail, c. 1700 (oil on wood)
7305331 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, detail, c.1700 (oil on wood) by Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) (after); Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c. 1700 (oil on wood)
7305332 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c.1700 (oil on wood) by Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) (after); Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Adultery, c. 1850 (engraving)
1702134 Adultery, c. 1850 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Adultery scene : a husband is looking in the bed of his wife because hes looking after her lover but this one is)

Adultery, c. 1830 (engraving)
1702147 Adultery, c. 1830 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Adultery : a man preventing a woman getting in his home because another woman is hidden behind the door, engraving)

Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center, while the woman taken in adultery stan... 1653
Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center, while the woman taken in adultery stands between three soldiers at right, 1653

Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center and a woman taken in adultery by three... 1653
Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center and a woman taken in adultery by three soldiers at right, 1653

Punishment of infidelity (engraving)
7186167 Punishment of infidelity (engraving) by Italian School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punishment of infidelity)

Fol. 89R The Pharisees present to Christ a woman caught in adultery (vellum)
ALI142922 Fol.89R The Pharisees present to Christ a woman caught in adultery (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Piedmont

Joseph and Potiphars Wife (oil on canvas)
862741 Joseph and Potiphars Wife (oil on canvas) by Bassetti, Marcantonio (1586-1630) (studio of); 119.2x154.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Two red-coat soldiers running off with a tailors wife, Georgian, 1831 (engraving)
7234801 Two red-coat soldiers running off with a tailors wife, Georgian, 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Woman Taken in Adultery, before 1750 (oil on canvas)
5938172 The Woman Taken in Adultery, before 1750 (oil on canvas) by Grassi, Nicolo (1682-1748) (attr. to); 28x41 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; © Fitzwilliam Museum

Christ and the woman taken in adultery 1527, Oil on panel
7224992 Christ and the woman taken in adultery 1527, Oil on panel by Mazzolino, Ludovico (1480-c.1528); Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Christ and the woman taken in adultery 1527)

Christ and the adulteress, 1540-5 (oil on canvas)
5973972 Christ and the adulteress, 1540-5 (oil on canvas) by Polidoro da Lanciano, (c.1515-65); Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia, Italy; (add.info.: Brescia)

Jesus Christ and the woman caught in adultery (engraving)
7149701 Jesus Christ and the woman caught in adultery (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus Christ and the woman caught in adultery)

Jesus and the woman caught in adultery (engraving)
7172458 Jesus and the woman caught in adultery (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus and the woman caught in adultery (John 8)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
FIA5634816 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by Cranach, Lucas the Younger (1515-86); 114x176 cm; Bonnefanten Museum, Mstricht

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, after 1532 (oil on wood)
FIA5331927 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, after 1532 (oil on wood) by Cranach, Lucas the Younger (1515-86); 84x123 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St

Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta (oil painting)
7172251 Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta (oil painting) by Feuerbach, Anselm (1829-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta)

The Woman Taken in Adultery, 1527 (pen & ink on paper)
AMO112274 The Woman Taken in Adultery, 1527 (pen & ink on paper) by Manuel, Niklaus (c.1484-1530); 34.2x30.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; Swiss, out of copyright

Hullabaloo against a Tailor (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT163964 Hullabaloo against a Tailor (engraving) (b/w photo) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Chicago Worlds Fair, 1893: Christ and the Adulteress (b / w photo)
6012730 Chicago Worlds Fair, 1893: Christ and the Adulteress (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ and the Adulteress)

Christ and the Adulteress, c. 1620 (oil on canvas)
5242283 Christ and the Adulteress, c.1620 (oil on canvas) by Boulogne, Valentin de (1594-1632); 167x221.3 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (oil on canvas)
LMG128866 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (oil on canvas) by Gandolfi, Gaetano (1734-1802); 94x111.8 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Temple Newsam House)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria (oil on canvas)
BRN198247 Christ and the Woman of Samaria (oil on canvas) by Tintoretto, Domenico Robusti (1560-1635); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; eBarnes Foundation; Italian

Christ and the Adulteress
3433515 Christ and the Adulteress by Marconi, Rocco (c.1470/5-1529); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: " L Adultera" - Roma)

The Woman Taken in Adultery (after Rembrandt), c. 1845 (oil on canvas)
3506268 The Woman Taken in Adultery (after Rembrandt), c.1845 (oil on canvas) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 84.5x68.5 cm; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry

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"Exploring the Complexities of Adulteress: A Captivating Journey through Art and History" From biblical tales to scandalous affairs, the concept of an adulteress has captivated artists throughout history. In Joseph and the Potiphar's wife, a 17th-century oil on canvas masterpiece, we witness the seductive allure that led to Joseph's imprisonment. The artist skillfully portrays the tension between temptation and virtue. Moving forward in time, we encounter Christ and the adulteress depicted in various forms. In c. 1545-48 oil on canvas artwork, we witness Christ's compassion as he forgives her sins—a powerful reminder of redemption and mercy. Similarly, Lucas Cranach the Younger's interpretation from ca. 1545-50 showcases his unique style while emphasizing forgiveness. The theme continues with Lucas Cranach the Elder's portrayal of Christ and the Adulteress—an intriguing exploration into societal norms during their time period. These paintings challenge viewers to question moral standards while contemplating forgiveness versus punishment. Stepping away from religious contexts, we delve into real-life scandals captured by artistry such as Marie Catherine Taperet Lescombat and Henri Mongeot’s engraved portrait—a visual representation of their illicit affair that shocked French society in its time. Beyond paintings, other mediums like porcelain also tell stories related to adultery; for instance, a charger from c. 1750 intricately depicts scenes associated with this forbidden act—serving as both decorative art piece and social commentary. Shifting gears towards legal aspects surrounding adultery brings us to Trials for Adultery: or, The History of Divorces published in London in 1780—an enlightening glimpse into historical perspectives on marital infidelity through written accounts. Lastly, an engraving from c. 1850 titled "Adultery" captures emotions evoked by this transgression—highlighting societal condemnation juxtaposed with personal desires within a changing world.