Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

ca. 1625

Not on view

Jacques Stella's formative years were spent in Italy. He arrived in Florence about 1619 and moved to Rome in 1623, where he would spend approximately a decade before returning to France. Although he learned etching in Florence, his most ambitious printmaking venture was in collaboration with printmaker and publisher Paul Maupin in Rome. Based on drawings by Stella, the series included scenes and figures from the Old and New Testaments. Some were printed on white paper that was then washed by hand in blue wash. Others, like the present example, were printed on blue paper, with highlights in white gouache added by brush.

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Title: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Artist: Paolo Maupin (French, active Rome, 1591–1635)
Artist: After Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Date: ca. 1625
Medium: Woodcut on blue paper with white gouache
Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 10 15/16 in. (17.9 x 27.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: 22.73.3-113
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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