The Mocking, Flagellation, and Crucifixion of Christ
1615
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 57.6 × 38.9 cm (22 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268812
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of Northern European religious art, Jacob Matham's *The Mocking, Flag, and Crucifixion Christ* (1615) captures three pivotal moments from the Passion of Christ in a single, dramatic engraving. Matham, a prominent Dutch engraver from Haar and pupil of the masterful Hendrick Goltzius worked during the early Dutch Golden Age, a time when prints like this served as affordable devotional tools amid the religious tensions of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The composition likely draws on Mannerist influences, with its intricate details emphasizing suffering and piety ...
About the Artist
Jacob Matham · 1571–1631
**Jacob Matham: Master Engraver of Haarlem** Jacob Matham was born on October 15, 1571, in Haarlem, in the Northern Netherlands, into a burgeoning artistic milieu. Following his father's early death, his mother married the renowned painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius in 1579, who adopted the young Jacob and trained him rigorously in the workshop as his stepson and pupil. Matham's first signed ...