Christus en de overspelige vrouw

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plaatrand: hoogte 61 mm x breedte 83 mm

Art Historical Context

**Christus en de Oversige Vrouw (Christ and the Adulterous Woman *Georg Pencz, 1544–1548, Engraving, 61 × 83 mm* This intimate engraving by German Renaissance artist Georg Pencz a pivotal biblical moment from Gospel of John (81–11), where Jesus forgives an adulterous woman accused by a crowd, challenging them with the words, "Let he who is without sin cast first stone." Created during Pencz's mature years in Nuremberg, a hub of Northern Renaissance art, the work reflects the era's fascination with moral and theological themes amid the Protestant Reformation. Pencz, a protégé of Albrecht Dür...

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Georg Pencz · 1490–1550

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