Valentin de Boulogne - Christ and the Adulteress (c.1620s)

 Deeply influenced by Caravaggio's realism and dramatic lighting, Valentin de Boulogne used light and shadow as well as the shallow relief-like arrangement of figures to convey the emotions of scene. The images fade into the dark background, while faces, hands and even knees emerge from the darkness. The characters are highly individualized, especially the old man on the right who holds his glasses tightly to his nose to see more clearly, and the older man with a weathered face and stringy hair holding the cloak lean on your shoulder. For this Biblical story, Boulogne used his contemporaries, working-class people as models, a practice initiated by Caravaggio at the turn of the century. (Getty Museum, Los Angeles - Oil on canvas, 167 × 221.3 cm)

About the artwork:

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