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Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

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Resting at Jacob's well in Samaria, Christ asked a woman for some water: she recognized him as the Messiah (John 4: 5-30). This cabinet-sized painting dates from c.1625–1628. Another version is in a private collection and a reduced derivation is at Capodimonte, Naples. Lanfranco looked back to Annibale Carracci's well-known composition of the 1590s, now in the Brera, Milan.

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Title

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Date

late 1620s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 66 x W 86.5 cm

Accession number

WA1985.29

Acquisition method

Purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, the Art Fund and other donors, to mark the Keepership of Dr Kenneth Garlick (1968–1984), 1985

Work type

Painting

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Giovanni Lanfranco

1582–1647

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