Nicolaes De Gyselaer (1583 - 1654/59), Christ And The Adulterous Woman

Nicolaes de Gyselaer
Dutch painter
Dordrecht 1583 – 1654/1659 Utrecht
Church interior with a reticulated vault,
at the centre Christ and the woman taken into adultery
Oil on panel : 36,3 X 59,2 cm
Signed lower right “ND Giselaer P”
(the N and D are ligated, the P stands for “pinxit”, “painted in latin)
Frame : 51,2 X 72,5 cm

Our painting is registered at the RKD, The Hague under the number 261217

Nicolas de Gyselaer was a perspective painter active in Utrecht; he moved here in 1616.

In the middle of a Gothic church interior the Scribes and Pharisees are trying to trick Christ into condemning a woman taken into adultery, thus violating either the Jewish or the Roman law. Laconically he wrote on the floor of the Temple “he that is without sin, cast the first stone”.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/artists/architectural-subjects/gyselaer-n-de-2023/church-interior-4355931