The Betrayal of Christ

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Betrayal of Christ

Anthony van Dyck

Date
c. 1618–20
Medium
Oil on canvas
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Looser and less formal than the portraits that made him famous, this work was completed shortly before Van Dyck began a six-year stint in Italy. It follows the biblical description of Jesus Christ’s betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas, one of Jesus’ disciples, brings a band of soldiers and religious officers with lanterns, torches, and weapons to arrest Jesus, whom Judas identifies with a kiss. Flanders, Italy, Europe

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