Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

1752
Paintings
Oil on canvas
28 5/8 × 41 1/4 in. (72.71 × 104.78 cm) Frame: 40 × 52 × 4 in. (101.6 × 132.08 × 10.16 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary (M.2005.119)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Dr. Forcke, Hildesheim, in 1868 to; Wilhelm Laporte, Linden, Germany; Laporte family by descent, in 1929 to; Wilhelm Opperman. Polignac collection, Paris.

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Dr. Forcke, Hildesheim, in 1868 to; Wilhelm Laporte, Linden, Germany; Laporte family by descent, in 1929 to; Wilhelm Opperman. Polignac collection, Paris. (Sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 23 May 2001, lot 49, bought in). [Blondeau Bréton, Paris, sold 2005 to]; LACMA.

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Bibliography

  • Eder, Christian. "Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo und die Frühaufklärung in Würzburg." Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 78 (2017): 225-263.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Eder, Christian. "Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo und die Frühaufklärung in Würzburg." Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 78 (2017): 225-263.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • "2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.

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