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Christ and the Woman of Samaria is a 1637 painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, depicting a story from the New Testament. It is part of a private collection in Palermo.[1]

Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Artist	Artemisia Gentileschi
Year	1637
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	267.5 cm × 206 cm (105.3 in × 81 in)
Location	Private collection, Palermo

Subject Matter

The story of the Samaritan woman is told in the Gospel of John. A woman leans eagerly forward in conversation with Jesus, in contrast to the typical portrayal of the time which showed the woman sitting passively listening to a monologue.[1] It is one of the few works by Gentileschi with a full landscape.[2] The disciples of Jesus can be seen in the background, walking out of the walled city.[3] The vibrant colors of the figures' clothes and the detailed landscape became associated with the work she produced during this period in Naples.[3]

Provenance

Correspondence from Gentileschi indicates that she was trying to sell two paintings to Cardinal Francesco Barberini in 1637, one of which was a "Woman of Samaria".[4] This work was recently discovered in a private collection and identified at that painting.[4] The work apparently never reached Barberini and its history is otherwise undocumented.[1]

References

Sources

• Locker, Jesse (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi : the Language of Painting. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300185119.
• Spear, Richard E. (2011). "Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Christ and the woman of Samaria'". The Burlington Magazine. 153 (1305): 804–805. ISSN 0007-6287.

На других языках

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- [en] Christ and the Woman of Samaria

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[it] Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo (Artemisia Gentileschi)

Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo è dipinto a olio su tela di Artemisia Gentileschi realizzato nel 1637 e conservato in una collezione privata a Palermo[1].

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