Christ and the Adulteress
A painted scene of Christ in a red robe and gray mantle raising one hand before a crowd of bearded men and armored soldiers. A young woman in a flowing orange gown stands center right, eyes lowered, while a helmeted soldier at left turns toward her. Dense figures crowd the dark background, and an inscription runs across the top edge.
Look closer: A partial inscription in gothic lettering runs along the top edge, citing John 8:7.
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach the Younger and Workshop
- Date
- ca. 1545–50
- Medium
- Oil on beech
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3903 × 2867 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1555).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982