# Taking of Christ with the Malchus Episode

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOUFFET, Gérard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/douffet-grard-rac560819e7b00c>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 147 x 194 cm

## Commentary

Taking of Christ with the Malchus Episode c. 1620 Oil on canvas, 147 x 194 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston This dramatic and strongly coloured picture was influenced by &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/c/caravagg/03/191captu.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/c/caravagg/03/191captu.html&#34;&gt;Caravaggio&#39;s Taking of Christ&lt;/A&gt; and by Bartolomeo Manfredi&#39;s lost painting of the same subject. Regarding the authorship, stylistic analysis points to a Flemish painter active in Rome, most likely to Douffet. It is assumed, however, that Valentin de Boulogne participated in the earliest stages.

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- [The Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/douffet-grard-rac560819e7b00c/the-holy-family-rec2f5654d69550>)
- [Venus and Cupid in the Forge of Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/douffet-grard-rac560819e7b00c/venus-and-cupid-in-the-forge-of-vulcan-rd2d25e418f0ea9>)

## Attribution

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