# The Passion \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on limewood ## Commentary Christ is arrested at night. To show the soldiers which man is their victim, the yellow-clad Judas gives Jesus the traitor's kiss. In the foreground, Peter has thrown to the ground Malchus, a servant of the High Priest, and in a stroke has brought out the knife that will cut off the fallen man's ear. In this scene, Holbein takes up the challenge of painting a night scene by colourist means. The sky is shown in solid black, while flickering torches create dramatic light effects on the tree and the figures. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus]() - [Charitas]() - [Charles Brandon]() - [Christ as the True Light]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan \(detail\)]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan]() - [Courtier of Henry VIII and his Wife]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()