Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1565
Why it's great
Christ writes on the ground with his finger while a crowd of angry people stand around, and a woman looks down in fear. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted it in 1565, in shades of gray, and it shows the story, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'
Where to see it
📍 Courtauld GalleryCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish painter born near Breda in about 1525. He lived in Antwerp and Brussels and became famous for crowded paintings of village life, proverbs and landscapes. He died in Brussels in 1569.
