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Christ and the adulteress
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Behold the man
Penitent Magdalene
Venus and Mars
Saints Sebastian, John the Baptist and Francis
Susanna and the Elders
Entertainment in a garden of Albaro
Self-portrait of the painter in the act of painting the portrait of his father
Cain and Abel
Madonna of the candle
Madonna of the veil
Landscape with tree-lined avenue
Sorrowful Christ in the act of blessing
Still life of fruit, vegetables and flowers
Sant’Orsola
Christ and the adulteress
Adoration of the shepherds

Christ and the adulteress

Orazio De Ferrari

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The sacred subject, painted with bright and vivid colors, is one of the most frequent in the painting of Orazio De Ferrari, a pupil of Andrea Ansaldo, in whose work the influences of Van Dyck, Rubens and Reni are evident. The canvas, made in 1650, was purchased in 1959, but its provenance is still unknown; it is one of the masterpieces of the Genoese artist's maturity who, precisely in this kind of medium-large compositions, found the most congenial dimension to express his expressive abilities. The painting presents in the center of the composition the figures of Christ and the adulteress, around which the other characters are arranged in a semicircle, while the architectural base on the right foreshortened measures the space.
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Title: Christ and the adulteress

Author: Orazio De Ferrari

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Displayed in: White Palace

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