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Bartolomeo Manfredi

Ostiano, 1582 - Rome, 1622

The Capture of Christ

Date	c. 1613-15
Materials and Techniques	Oil on canvas
Size（cm）	120 x 174
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.2015-0001

The Italian Bartolomeo Manfredi played a leading role in transmitting Caravaggio's painting to the younger generation of artists in Rome in the 1610s. This painting depicts the scene in which Judas, having betrayed Christ, identifies him to his captors with a kiss. The work, in fact, reproduces a composition by Caravaggio (now held in Dublin) but with the figures reversed. Their somber, melancholic expression is entirely characteristic of Manfredi. (Source: Gallery label, July 2016)

Provenance

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606-1649), Scotland, listed in Inventories of 1638, 1643 and 1649; Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662) from 1649, Brussels, then Vienna, listed in Inventories of 1659, 1660; Emperor Leopold I, Vienna, listed in Inventory of 1705; Emperor Charles VI, Stallburg, Vienna, listed in List of 1735; Anton Schiestl, Curate of St. Peter's Church, before 1877, Vienna; Church of St. Stephen, Baden, Donated by Anton Schiestl in 1877; Sold by them to a Private Collection, Austria in 1920 and by descent; Sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 October 2002, lot 267; Koelliker Collection, Milan; Purchased by NMWA, 2015.

Exhibition History

2005: Caravaggio e l'Europa: il movimento caravaggesco internazionale da Caravaggio a Mattia Preti, Palazzo Reale, Milano, 15 October 2005 - 6 February 2006, Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, 5 March – 9 July 2006, cat. no. IV. 1, col. repr.
2006: La "schola" del Caravaggio: dipinti dalla collezione Koelliker, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, 13 October 2006 - 11 February 2007, cat. no. 1, col. repr.
2016: Caravaggio and His Time: Friends, Rivals and Enemies, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 March 2016 - 12 June 2016, cat. no. 26, col. repr.
2019: The Habsburg Dynasty: 600 Years of Imperial Collections: 150 Years Friendship Austria-Japan, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 19 October 2019 - 26 January 2020, cat. no. 65

Bibliography

1642: Baglione, G. Le vite de' pittori, scultori, et architetti: dal Pontificato di Gregorio XIII del 1572. In fino a'tempi di Papa Urbano Ottauo nel 1642. Roma, Nella stamperia d'Andrea Fei, 1642
1660: Teniers, D. Theatrum Pictorium. Brussel, 1660
1924: Frey, D. Die Die Denkmale des politischen Bezirkes Baden. 1924 (Österreichische Kunsttopographie, 18), fig. 53.
1967: Nicolson, Benedict. "Bartolomeo Manfredi". Studies in Renaissance & Baroque Art: Presented to Anthony Blunt on his 60th Birthday. London/ New York, Phaidon, 1967, p. 110.
1979: Nicolson, Benedict. The International Caravaggesque Movement: Lists of Pictures by Caravaggio and his Followers throughout Europe from 1590 to 1650. Oxford, Phaidon, 1979, p. 70.
1987: Morselli, Raffaella. "La fortuna critica". Dopo Caravaggio: Bartolomeo Manfredi e la manfrediana methodus. Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld et al. Milano, A. Mondadori, [1987]., pp. 39-40.
1990: Nicolson, Benedict. Caravaggism in Europe. 2en edition, Torino, U. Allemandi, [1990], vol. 1, p. 143, no. 297 (as lost), vol. 2, fig. 297.
1993: Morselli, Raffaella. Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622): Sandrart, il collezionista olandese Balthasar Coymanse e alcune nuove proposte. Antichità viva. no. 3-4, 1993, pp. 25-37.
1993: Caravaggio: The Master Revealed (exh. cat). Benedetti, Sergio, ed. The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 18 November 1993 - 31 January 1994. [Dublin], National Gallery of Ireland, 1993, p. 33.
2004: Papi, Gianni. Manfredi: La cattura di Cristo, collezione Koelliker. [Milano], [Marco Voena], [2004]
2004: Hartje, Nicole. Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622): ein Nachfolger Caravaggios und seine europäische Wirkung, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Weimar, VDG, 2004., pp. 315-319.
2004: Papi, Gianni. Dipinti inediti di pittori caravaggeschi nella collezione Koelliker. Paragone. no. 57, September 2004, pp. 45-48.
2005: Caravaggio e l'Europa: il movimento caravaggesco internazionale da Caravaggio a Mattia Preti (exh. cat.). Palazzo Reale, Milano, 15 October 2005 – 6 February 2006; Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, 5 March – 9 July 2006. Milano, Skira, 2005, pp. 288-289, no. IV. 1.
2006: La "schola" del Caravaggio: dipinti dalla collezione Koelliker (exh. cat.). Papi, Gianni, ed. Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, 13 October 2006 – 11 February 2007. Milano, Skira, 2006, pp. 38-41, no. 1.
2010: Vodret, Rossella. "Bartolomeo Manfredi". I Caravaggeschi: percorsi e protagonisti. Zuccari, Alessandro. Milano, Skira, 2010, p. 525.
2013: Papi, Gianni. Bartolomeo Manfredi. Soncino, Edizioni dei Soncino, 2013, pp. 22-23, 156-158, no. 15.
2016: Caravaggio and His Time: Friends, Rivals and Enemies: 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Italy (exh. cat.). Kawase, Yusuke et al., eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2016, pp. 144-145, 326, cat. no. 26, col. repr.
2016: Beyond Caravaggio (exh. cat.). Treves, Letizia, ed. The National Gallery, London ,12 October 2016 -15 January 2017; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 11 February - 14 May 2017; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 17 June - 24 September 2017. London, National Gallery Company Limited, 2016, pp. 69, 177, repr.
2017: Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 50 (Apr. 2015-Mar. 2016), 2017, Kawase, Yusuke. New Acquisitions. pp. 11-14, List of New Acquisitions. p. 26, col. repr.
2019: The Habsburg Dynasty: 600 Years of Imperial Collections: 150 Years Friendship Austria-Japan (exh. cat.). Del Torre Scheuch, Francesca; Nakada, Asuka, eds. Tokyo, TBS Television, 2019, pp. 176-177, cat. no. 65, col. repr.

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