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Jan Sadeler, I

Arrest of Christ, from Passion of Christ

1575/1600
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
16.1 × 11.1 cm (6.3 × 4.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

After Judas betrays him with the predetermined sign of a kiss, Christ is taken, unresisting, into custody. The apostle Peter can be seen at bottom denying that he knows Jesus for the third time before the rooster (at middle left) crows to signal dawn. The architecture of the ornate framework has changed from that of a garden to a tented building with columns where Jesus will be held prisoner.

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