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The Arrest of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Drawing
ca. 1559 (hand drawn)
Artist/Maker
Lombard, Lambert (artist)
Vos, Maarten De (formerly attributed to)
Place of origin
Southern Netherlands (drawn)

Betrayal of Christ; Simon Peter on the left, about to cut off the ear of the servant of the High Priest, who has fallen on the ground.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleThe Arrest of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink on brownish paper
Pen
Brown Ink
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing, 'The Arrest of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane', by Lambert Lombard, pen and brown ink on brownish paper; Flemish School; ca. 1559
Physical description
Betrayal of Christ; Simon Peter on the left, about to cut off the ear of the servant of the High Priest, who has fallen on the ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 272mm
  • Width: 375mm
Style
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 502. Inscribed on washed mount, in pencil: Unnamed; and in a nineteenth-century hand (with the original Dyce inv. no.), 259.
Gallery label
With its dense group of elaborately posed figures, this drawing demonstrates an intricate style inspired by Italian Renaissance ideals. The style spread throughout the Netherlands in the 16th century. Lambert Lombard was an important early art theorist and leading member of a group known as ‘Romanists’ – Netherlandish artists who studied antique art in Rome.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Priest
Jesus Christ
Simon Called Peter
Betrayal of Christ
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat.499, pp.425-26
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.502

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Record createdOctober 20, 2009
Record URL
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