POLIDORO DA LANCIANO
(b. ca. 1515, Lanciano, d. 1565, Venezia)

Christ and the Adulteress

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Oil on canvas, 163 x 202 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

There are several motifs reminiscent of the Roman Empire in this painting. The foreground is separated from the background, on the right by a fragment of the Colosseum arches while in the rear in a mountainous region, the well-known silhouette of the Colosseum appears. The soldier on the right wears a chased suit of armour.