Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by PRETI, Mattia

PRETI, Mattia

(b. 1613, Taverna Calabria, d. 1699, La Valletta)

	Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery c. 1670 Oil on canvas, 155 x 197 cm Private collection
Mattia Preti painted this subject on at least four other occasions. Each displays the immediacy and psychological depths characteristic of his Biblical narratives, but is presented in a unique composition.