Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Provenance

Mathieu-Paul-August-Maurice Chabrières-Arlés [1829-1897], Lyon. Baron Leopold Hirsch, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris), by 1918.[1] Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] gift 1942 to NGA. [1] The tapestry was lent by Duveen Brothers to an exhibition in Cleveland in 1918. [2] The tapestry was In the Widener collection by 1925, when it was published by George Leland Hunter, _The Practical Book of Tapestries_, Philadelphia and London, 1925: 23+.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Netherlandish 16th Century

c. 1500/1599

Accession Number

1942.9.445

Medium

tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool, silk, and silver-gilt- and silver-wrapped silk weft

Dimensions

overall: 255.3 x 334.3 cm (100 1/2 x 131 5/8 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection