03 — ARTWORK
Arrest of Christ
- MEDIUM
- Fresco
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The picture shows a detail of the <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/r/rosselli/cosimo/lastsup.html')" href="/html/r/rosselli/cosimo/lastsup.html">Last SupperChrist's last meal with His disciples before His arrest and trial; the rite of communion is based on this. One of most famous depictions of the event is a fresco painted by Leonardo da Vinci.,</a> a frescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. painted by Cosimo Rosselli in the Sistine Chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. in Rome. There are three "window" paintings in the background of the fresco, two of them, the Arrest of Christ and the CrucifixionAn important method of capital punishment, particularly among the Persians, Seleucids, Jews, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD. Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, abolished it in the Roman Empire in AD 337, out of veneration for Jesus Christ, the most famous victim of crucifixion. There were various methods of performing the execution. Usually, the condemned man, after being whipped, or "scourged," dragged the crossbeam of his cross to the place of punishment, where the upright shaft was already fixed in the ground. Stripped of his clothing either then or earlier at his scourging, he was bound fast with outstretched arms to the crossbeam or nailed firmly to it through the wrists. The crossbeam was then raised high against the upright shaft and made fast to it about 9 to 12 feet (approximately 3 metres) from the ground. Next, the feet were tightly bound or nailed to the upright shaft. A ledge inserted about halfway up the upright shaft gave some support to the body; evidence for a similar ledge for the feet is rare and late. Over the criminal's head was placed a notice stating his name and his crime. Death, apparently caused by exhaustion or by heart failure, could be hastened by shattering the legs (crurifragium) with an iron club, so that shock and asphyxiation soon ended his life. were executed by Biagio d'Antonio Tucci who assisted Cosimo Rosselli in the execution of this fresco.
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@online{wga-r997b12e6063055,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Arrest of Christ by BIAGIO D'ANTONIO},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/biagio-dantonio-ra673479e9d0964/arrest-of-christ-r997b12e6063055},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
