The Taking of Christ
The original, as its museum records it
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Only the moon lights it, the National Gallery of Ireland says. At the back a man raises a lantern the gallery calls ineffective, and his face is Caravaggio's own, aged thirty-one, an observer of events.
Everything in front is grip. Judas holds Christ as the kiss lands; a soldier's armoured shoulder pushes toward us. Christ's fingers are laced and being pulled apart, in what Edmund Santurri calls a prayerful attitude broken by the onrush of violence.
The painter came as witness and brought the lamp, and Santurri notes it lights nothing, except perhaps his own face.
Sources: National Gallery of Ireland, 'The Taking of Christ', L.14702, read 2026-09-24 · Edmund N. Santurri, 'A Caravaggio Meditation', The Cresset (Lent 2013), read 2026-09-24
And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and held him.
Matthew 26:50 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
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