Christ Taken Captive
c. 1480
Martin Schongauer captures the chaotic drama of the Arrest of Christ in this incredibly detailed engraving from around 1480, signed with his famous 'M+S' monogram at the bottom. In the center, a serene Jesus is bound and surrounded by a rough mob of soldiers wielding torches and halberds, while to the left, the apostle Peter draws his sword to slash at the ear of the soldier collapsing in the foreground. Schongauer was a rockstar of the Northern Renaissance printmaking scene; his mastery of line was so famous that a young Albrecht Dürer once traveled specifically to meet him and buy his prints, only to arrive and find the master had just died.
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