Christ and the Samaritan Woman (de Troy)

Christ and the Samaritan Woman is a painting of 1742 by Jean-François de Troy depicting the biblical episode of the Samaritan woman at the well. It is one of a series of six paintings by the artist for Pierre Guérin de Tencin and his archepiscopal palace at Lyon; the others were The Death of Lucretia, The Death of Cleopatra, The Judgement of Solomon, The Idolatry of Solomon and The Woman Caught in Adultery. It is now at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.