Christ before Caiaphas

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Hieronymus Wierix (engravers (printmakers))
,
Bernardino Passeri (after)

Date

1593

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Christ is being tried by Caiaphas. The high priest tears his robe and accuses Christ of blasphemy. Several elements of the scene are accompanied by letters corresponding to the legend in the margin cut off on the Ghent copy.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Hieronymus Wierix VIAF RKD Wikidata, Bernardino Passeri VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 157 x 144 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-E
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, trial of Christ, Christ before his judges Iconclass, Christ before the Sanhedrin with Caiaphas as high priest, and possibly Annas; maybe a soldier about to strike Christ because he keeps silent (Matthew 26:57-66; Mark 14:53-64; Luke 22:54, 22:66-71) Iconclass, false witnesses ~ trial of Christ Iconclass, Caiaphas tearing his clothes ~ trial of Christ Iconclass, Peter denies Christ, usually before a girl-servant and some soldiers Iconclass, dog Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass, the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass, accusation (in court) Iconclass, the accused Iconclass, judicial verdict Iconclass, magistracy, judges Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-E
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11356/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-E
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