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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 21, 2015 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Old Master Paintings | 41 | $****** - ****** | The Capture of Christ |
paintings
105 x 155 cm (41.34 x 61.02 in)
oil on canvas
European Private Collection The present painting renders the biblical scene in powerful chiaroscuro. Its dynamic composition as a nocturnal scene is reminiscent of works by Honthorst, but its more dramatic approach and the pronounced light contrasts betray Neapolitan influences, suggesting that the painter must be very close to Matthias Stomer. The focus is on the figure of Christ, depicted in the centre of the composition in austere monumentality. The scene depicts the very moment in which Christs hands are being bound, his outstretched arms emphasising the pictures diagonal layout. Four further figures are grouped around Christ in a complex arrangement
Judas with the money pouch is discernible in the right background. The motifs of the Capturet and the Mocking of Christ frequently recur in the oeuvres of Stomer and his circle. Comparable compositions can be found in Stomers Arrest of Christ in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, in the Ecce Homo in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and in the painting Christ and the Adultress, with Alberto Algranti, Milan (see B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, vol. III, Oxford 1979, figs. 1463, 1481, 1509).
