The Betrayal of Christ

1512

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Associated Names
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Artist, Netherlandish, 1470 or before - 1533

Doen Pietersz

Printer, Netherlandish, c.1478 - c.1536

This is a drawing featuring multiple figures engaged in a tense moment. Some are armed and confronting each other in a chaotic scene. The central figures are surrounded by others with swords and spears. The background includes a tree and a building structure. The expressive detail, line work, and shading emphasize the intense emotions and actions of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    diameter: 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.224

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 24, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1950; gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 69.

2019

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Jacob Cornelisz. Compiled by Yvonne Bleyerveld and edited by Huigen Leeflang. Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2019, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower center, in block, on tablet: [artist's monogram]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65358555

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