Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Jesus at the Festival of Booths; Opposition, Division, and Unbelief (John 7:1-31; 7:32-52) - these dialogues are found only in the Fourth Gospel
Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53--8:11) - this story is found only in John's Gospel (as a late addition)
- Cristo e l'Adultera (1546-48) - oil on canvas, by Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518-1594) - from the Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Market Scene with Christ and the Adulteress (ca. 1559) - oil on wood, by Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) - now in Städtliches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; from the CGFA website; another copy at the Web Gallery of Art
Christ
and the Fallen Woman (detail; ca. 1570) - by Lucas
Cranach the Younger (German, 1515-1586) - from
the Web Gallery of Art- The Woman Taken in Adultery (undated) - oil on copper; by Jobst Harrich (German, 1586-1617) - from the CGFA website
- The Woman Taken in Adultery Brought before the Pharisees (ca. 1620-25) - oil on canvas; attrib. to Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1603-1678) - from the Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University
- Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery (1621) - by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri; Italian, ca. 1591-1666) - from the CGFA website
- The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) - oil on wood, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) - from the Web Gallery of Art
- Christ and the Adulteress (late 1650's) - oil on canvas; attrib. to Orazio De Ferrari (Italian; 1606-57) - from the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
- Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (detail, 1653) - oil on canvas; by Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665) - now in Musée du Louvre, Paris; from the CGFA website
- Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- Samaritan Woman - top left on a page of Chinese Bible Paintings - from the "Religions Art Gallery"
- painting of "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" also exists by Lorenzo Lotto (1529) - copies on web?
Jesus, the Light of the World (John 8:12-30) - these dialogues are found only in John
- Christ the Lightgiver - modern icon with quote of John 8:12 in English - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
- Christ the Lightgiver - similar icon with quote of John 8:12 in Greek - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Jesus and Abraham (John 8:31-59) - this continuing controversy is only in John, but would be difficult to depict in art
GO TO
John 1, esp. John (the Baptizer)
John 2–3, esp. the Wedding at Cana
John 4–6, esp. the Samaritan Woman
John 7–8, esp. the Adulterous Woman
John 9 –10, esp. the Man Born Blind
John 11–12, esp. the Raising of Lazarus
John 13–17, esp. the Washing of the Feet
John 18–19, esp. the Crucifixion and Burial Scenes
John 20–21, esp. Mary Magdalene & Doubting Thomas
Depictions of John the Evangelist
