Where is Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ located?

Caravaggio's painting The Taking of Christ is currently housed in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. It was originally commissioned in Rome in 1602 by the nobleman Ciriaco Mattei. The painting depicts the arrest of Jesus.

What we know

• The Taking of Christ was originally commissioned by the Roman nobleman Ciriaco Mattei in 1602. [2]
• The painting is housed in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. [2]
• The Taking of Christ is a painting series by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. [1, 2]

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• whoWho was Ciriaco Mattei?
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• what caused itHow was Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ rediscovered?
• an unexpected connectionHow does Caravaggio's Entombment of Christ connect through diverse artist copies?While The Taking of Christ resides in Dublin, another masterpiece by Caravaggio, The Entombment of Christ, was famously copied by diverse artists such as Rubens, Fragonard, Géricault, and Cézanne.

Sources

• [1]The Taking of Christ (Wikidata Q102852946) · CC0 1.0
• [2]The Taking of Christ (Caravaggio) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]The Flagellation of Christ (Caravaggio) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Christ at the Column (Caravaggio) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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