The Taking of Christ
E66937
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key example of Baroque tenebrism
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major work of Caravaggio ⓘ |
| artist | Caravaggio ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel narrative of the arrest of Jesus
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGI.4532 ⓘ |
| collection | National Gallery of Ireland collection ⓘ |
| colorPalette | dark, subdued tones with sharp highlights ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Ciriaco Mattei ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1602 ⓘ |
| compositionFeature |
crowded foreground figures
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dramatic contrasts of light and dark ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Caravaggio ⓘ |
| depicts |
Arrest of Jesus
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Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ Judas Iscariot ⓘ soldiers ⓘ |
| discovered | 1990 ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation | Jesuit residence in Dublin ⓘ |
| feature |
emotional realism
ⓘ
intense chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasPart | self-portrait of Caravaggio as a lantern-bearing figure ⓘ |
| iconography |
armored soldiers with spears and helmets
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kiss of Judas ⓘ |
| inception | 1602 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Counter-Reformation religious art ⓘ |
| lighting | single strong light source ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dublin
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Ireland ⓘ |
| location | National Gallery of Ireland ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| movementDepicted | moment of Christ’s seizure ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Caravaggio’s Roman period works ⓘ |
| style | chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Passion of Christ ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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sacrifice ⓘ suffering of Christ ⓘ violence and spirituality ⓘ |
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