Christ before Caiaphas, 1593

burin engraving, paper
157 x 144 mm
Inv. 2014-E

Hieronymus Wierix

Antwerp 1553 - Antwerp 1619
engravers (printmakers)

Bernardino Passeri

ca. 1540 - Rome ca. 1590
after

print room religious symbolism figures (representations) New Testament Christ 16th century

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Christ is being tried by Caiaphas. The high priest tears his robe and accuses Christ of blasphemy. Several elements of the scene are accompanied by letters corresponding to the legend in the margin cut off on the Ghent copy.

Artist	Hieronymus Wierix RKD Antwerp 1553 - Antwerp 1619 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Bernardino Passeri RKD ca. 1540 - Rome ca. 1590 after
Title	Christ before Caiaphas
Date	1593
Period	16th century
Location	Antwerp TGN
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	printed inscription in the depiction, top left: F
	printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: D C C
	printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: G E H D D B
	printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: C D L I
	printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Hier. Wierx/ Sculpsit.
	inscription on the back, bottom right: 8
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT
Inventory number	2014-E
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-E
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11356/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	11D Christ Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 44G111 accusation (in court) Iconclass 44G1111 the accused Iconclass 44G112 judicial verdict Iconclass 44G13 magistracy, judges Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73D32 trial of Christ, Christ before his judges Iconclass 73D322 Christ before the Sanhedrin with Caiaphas as high priest, and possibly Annas; maybe a soldier about to strike Christ because he keeps silent (Matthew 26:57-66; Mark 14:53-64; Luke 22:54, 22:66-71) Iconclass 73D3221 false witnesses ~ trial of Christ Iconclass 73D3222 Caiaphas tearing his clothes ~ trial of Christ Iconclass 73D331 Peter denies Christ, usually before a girl-servant and some soldiers Iconclass

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