Betrayal of Christ

Object Name

Artist/Maker

Object Type

Date

1490-1510

Medium

boxwood

Credit Line

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Object Number

A.501-1910

Location

Not currently on display

Institution/Owner

Victoria and Albert Museum

External Link

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In the foreground Judas kisses Christ, who is taken captive by a crowd of soldiers. On the ground lies Malchus with St. Peter beside him sheathing his sword, and three other apostles. In the background the Agony of Christ in the garden and the apostles asleep.

source: V&A website

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription

later inscription, written in semi-literate style in ink on the back:

Secolo XVI. Estylo de Alberto Durer de Nuremberg

[source: V&A website]

Published References

'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 81; Charles Mannheim, Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosités, antiques, du moyen-âge à la renaissance, composant l’importante et précieuse collection Spitzer, dont la vente publique aura lieu à Paris (Paris: Imprimerie de l’Art, 1893) no. 2129; Trusted, Marjorie, ed. The Making of Sculpture. The Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: 2007, p. 175, pl. 324