364 - The woman taken in adultery

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/364

Title

The woman taken in adultery

Date(s)

  • c. 1598 (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1593-1637)

Biographical history

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly ... »

Archival history

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

Conditions of access and use area

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

17.7 cm x 21.5 cm

Notes area

Note

Engraver: Jan Baptist Barbé
Publisher: Theodor Galle
After Marten de Vos

Note

Part of a set of fifty-one prints entitled Vita, Passio, et Resurrectio Jesu Christi (The Life and Passion of Christ).
Plate 28

Note

Text in the lower margin from John 8: "Adducunt Scribae et Pharisaei mulierem in adulterio depraehensam. Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum, digito scribebat in terra."

Note

MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "75".

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