Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Vasily Polenov · 1888
Vasily Polenov
Russian Empire · 1844–1927
Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the "Knight of Beauty" as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: "Art should promote happiness and joy".
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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Vasily Polenov · 1888
State Russian Museum
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (He That Is Without Sin?) (Russian: «Христо́с и гре́шница» («Кто без греха́?»)) is a large oil painting by the Russian artist Vasily Polenov (1844 to 1927), dated 1888. The painting is now in the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg (Inventory Zh-4204). Measuring 325 × 611 cm, it depicts the story of Christ and the woman taken in adultery, described in the Gospel of John.
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