Christ and the Woman of Samaria among Ruins (reverse copy)
An etching of Christ seated beside a well, speaking with a woman who leans on the stone rim beneath a crumbling arch and ruined masonry. Vegetation spills over broken walls, and a few figures rest in the lower left before a distant ruined city. The fine hatching gives the scene its soft, tonal quality.
Look closer: A small group of seated figures rests in the shadowed lower left, near the ruined city.
- Artist
- William James Smith
- Date
- 1824–26
- Medium
- Etching
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2228 × 2495 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1826).
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, Bequest of Harry G. Friedman, 1965