The Betrayal of Christ
c. 1485
Artist, Dutch, active c. 1470/1490

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 32.5 × 23.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.5836
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.184, no. 4, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustav von Rath [b. 1888], Krefeld (Lugt 2772); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1941
The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 105.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 135, repro.
Bibliography
1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.
1967
Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 135.
1996
Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 68, fig.1.52, 69.
Markings
verso, stamped in blue ink: mark of Gustav von Rath (Lugt 2772)
Wikidata ID
Q65023758