The Capture of Christ with the Malchus Episode
by BABUREN, Dirck van, Oil on canvas, 125 x 95 cm
This painting is one of Baburen’s rare nocturnal scenes, inspired, in part, by Caravaggio’s Taking of Christ. Unlike his Utrecht compatriot Gerrit van Honthorst, who specialised in nocturnal scenes with artificial illumination, Baburen, like Caravaggio, preferred strong patterns of natural daylight.