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| Keywords: Follower of the Master of the Louis XII Triptych - Christ and the Woman of Samaria - Walters 4490.jpg The scene represented is that narrated by St John at the fourth chapter of his Gospel verse seven There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water Jesus saith to her 'Give me a drink ' Christ seated on a rocky ledge on the left facing three-quarters to the right wears a long purple robe highlighted with gilding a short beard and long hair His bare feet rest on a slab of stone The woman of Samaria wears a brocaded mulberry-brown overdress with short sleeves having puffed and jeweled edges The long sleeves of the blue under-dress hang wide at the wrists Her forehead is shaven and her hair caught in a tight-fitting cap She stands on a square plinth near the central wall pouring water from a small jug into a pitcher on the ground On the left is a tree In the distant background to the left appears Christ distinguished by his radiant halo with a group of five disciples approaching the scene while in the central background there are three other disciples Between the two groups there are two barns or hovels quite German in style and on the right the fortified wall of Samaria The sky streaked with tiny elongated gilt clouds is painted in two colors turquoise above the horizon deep blue towards the zenith The style resembles that of the manuscript illuminator Jean Bourdichon The facial characteristics connect it with the manner of the Master of the Louis XII Triptych Various details demonstrate an increasing influence of the technique of engraving between 1510 1520 Renaissance painted translucent enamels on copper cm 21 10 7 accession number 44 90 38390 Valerio Collection Sale Paris December 18 1893 no 76 Jacques Seligmann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Samaritan woman at the well | ||||
