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Painting of Christ gesturing among a crowd outdoors, a kneeling woman in yellow reaching toward him, dogs at her feet, ruined towers behind.

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

A painted scene of Christ in a green and pink robe gesturing before a crowd, with a kneeling woman in yellow reaching toward him beside a small dog. Ruined towers and a bright cloudy sky frame the outdoor setting, and a turbaned figure in red stands at right.

Artist
Pieter Lastman (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1617
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3872 × 2772 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1617.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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