Skip to main content

Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well: PD.182-1991

An image of Painting

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well

Maker(s)

Painter: Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 33.4 cm
Width: 26.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1631

School or Style

Dutch

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Graphite
Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Grisaille : Grissaille oils over graphite on panel

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: on a ribbon ('sprekleband')

  • Text: Sonder wete sonder schaemte
  • Location: Lower left
  • Text: A : v :Venne :
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1631
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.182-1991
Primary reference Number: 2103
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/2103 Accessed: 2024-11-21 20:03:57

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/2103 |title=Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 20:03:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-2103

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp3/PD_182_1991.jpg"
        alt="Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...