Arma Christi

Title

Arma Christi

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Goudt

Part Number / Total

31 / 179

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• figure study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Möhle 1966.68.G.48

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1868

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,27-30
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,16-19
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 22,63-65
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,2-3

Primary

• 73D352 the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3)

Secondary

• 46A71 individual versus mass

Alternative

• 73D351 flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1)

Historic Attribution

• Adam Elsheimer circle; draughtsman