The Woman Taken in Adultery (Rembrandt)

[1] Rembrandt shows the episode of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery from the Gospel of Saint John.

To do this, they produced a woman who had been caught taking part in adultery.

Rembrandt made Jesus appear taller than the other figures and more brightly lit.

Symbolically, Jesus's height represents his moral superiority over those who attempted to trick him.

[2] Rembrandt employed his usual limited number of pigments, such as ochres, vermilion, red lakes, lead white, lead-tin-yellow and bone black.