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Black and white engraving of soldiers with swords, spears and a torch seizing a robed man at night; a figure lunges with a sword in the foreground.

Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

An engraving showing a crowded night scene of armed men seizing a bearded figure in a robe, while a man in the foreground lunges with a sword, and another swings a torch and spears rise behind. Dense hatching defines the cloth, faces and landscape. The signed monogram and date 1508 appear at lower left.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
1508
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2599 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1508).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Traición de Cristo, de La Pasión grabada

Un grabado que muestra una escena nocturna abarrotada, con hombres armados que sujetan a una figura barbada con túnica, mientras un hombre en primer plano se lanza con una espada y otro agita una antorcha. Lanzas se elevan detrás. El monograma y la fecha 1508 aparecen en la esquina inferior izquierda.

Português: Traição de Cristo, de A Paixão gravada

Uma gravura que mostra uma cena noturna lotada, com homens armados segurando uma figura barbada de manto, enquanto um homem em primeiro plano avança com uma espada e outro ergue uma tocha. Lanças aparecem ao fundo. O monograma e a data 1508 ficam no canto inferior esquerdo.

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