Italian school (XVII) - Cristo e la Samaritana al pozzo

The meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's Well, described in the Gospel of John, has been a theme frequently depicted by important painters such as Carracci, Garofalo, and others. Usually Christ is portrayed on the left while he points to or speaks with the woman situated to his right.
The wide draperies, the vivid palette, and the faces of the characters would seem to reflect the late Baroque and classicist tradition typical of the Emilian School of the eighteenth century.