# Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 24 x 34 cm ## Commentary The woman whom the Pharisees have accused has been portrayed by Bruegel as a graceful figure in the centre of the picture. She represents one of the few female figures to be painted by Bruegel not as an earthy country woman but instead in accordance with the urban ideal of beauty. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings in the Snow \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings in the Snow]() - [Big Fishes Eat Little Fishes]() - [Big Fishes Eat Little Fishes]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() - [Children's Games \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()