His face is calm among the soldiers.
Bible in art · Matthew
The Arrest of Christ (Ms. Ludwig IX 19, fol. 107v, from the Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg)
Simon Bening · about 1525–1530
Getty Center, Los Angeles
From the prayer book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, painted by Simon Bening in Bruges about 1525–1530. Here he painted a scene at night, lit only by torches.
Soldiers in armour and bright tunics crowd around Jesus, one pulling a rope around his neck, another dragging at his robe. Above the helmets rise halberds, a red banner and two blazing torches against a dark sky.
From the text
- They arrive with lanterns, torches and weapons (John 18:3)
- The men seize Jesus and arrest him (Matthew 26:50)
The artist’s own
- A rope thrown around his neck
- Soldiers in the armour of the 1520s
Details
Jesus
Torch
A blazing torch on a pole.
Weapons
Halberds and spears against the sky.
His robe
A soldier drags at his blue robe.
Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483–1561). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Ms. Ludwig IX 19 (83.ML.115), fol. 107v) · Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf · Images provided here are believed to be in the public domain and are available under CC0 through Getty’s Open Content Program. (Getty record: "No Copyright", http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)