Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Aert de Gelder began his artistic training in his native city with Samuel van Hoogstraten. He then continued his studies for about two years in Rembrandt’s studio in Amsterdam where he arrived around 1661.

Following this period De Gelder returned to Dordrecht where he worked until his death in 1727. He produced history, religious and mythological paintings as well as portraits and his entire oeu…