Yes, much better. Thanks, Alba. I guess I wasn’t troubled by the inferior quality because I had the two clear details. Just infernal laziness.
I’ve always thought that what Jesus wrote on the ground was the verse Deuteronomy 22:24.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Polenov was a remarkable Russian painter. He summarized his vision of life as: “Art should promote happiness and joy”. Indeed!