{"id":1341,"title":"The Betrayal of Christ","medium":"Oil on canvas","classification":"Paintings","dimension":"55 7/8 x 44 1/2 in. (141.9 x 113. cm) (canvas)\r\n70 x 58 x 5 in. (177.8 x 147.3 x 12.7 cm) (outer frame)","object_name":"Painting","continent":"Europe","country":"Flanders, Italy","nationality":"Flemish","dated":"c. 1618–20","room":"G313","list":"Euro-highlights-pre-1800","role":"Artist","markings":"(Several labels removed from reverse in object file.)","text":"Looser and less formal than the portraits that made him famous, this work was completed shortly before Van Dyck began a six-year stint in Italy. It follows the biblical description of Jesus Christ’s betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas, one of Jesus’ disciples, brings a band of soldiers and religious officers with lanterns, torches, and weapons to arrest Jesus, whom Judas identifies with a kiss.","creditline":"The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, and the John R. Van Derlip Fund","Catalog_Raisonne":"Barnes, 2004: I.20","accession_number":"57.45","artist":"Anthony van Dyck","life_date":"Flemish, 1599–1641","department":"European Art","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":4636,"image_height":5744,"recent":0,"see_also":["110684"],"sort_number":"57    45","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"001000\\300\\40\\1341","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_5001049.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","TitleAlt":"The Taking of Christ, Arrest of Christ, Christus verraden door Judas","list:euro-highlights-pre-1800":true,"related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Anthony van Dyck, The Betrayal of Christ","_id":"1341","objectId":"1341","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p703.mp3","number":"703","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-03-13T09:00:09.514Z"}