Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 16th and 17th century

  • Jacopo Palma, Italian, 1544-1628

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (11.1 × 16.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S840

Stamped, in black verso: Baron H. A. von Derschau (Lugt 2510) Stamped, twice, in black, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Lugt 1606 and 2398) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1889 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in plate, upper center of image: Palma fece.

Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau (Nuremberg, Germany)

November 1889, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jacopo Palma, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 16th and 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S840.