The Arrest of Christ with kiss of Judas and ear of Malchus

The panel was painted in 1485 by the Master of the Munich Arrest of Christ in oil on panel, a date consistent with its placement within Early Netherlandish painting of the late fifteenth century. It was produced as a religious work depicting the arrest of Jesus, with the kiss of Judas and the ear of Malchus.

The painting entered the collection of St Laurentius Church, where it has remained as a church-owned devotional object. It is presently held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections and housed at the Alte Pinakothek, with its ecclesiastical ownership by St Laurentius Church still recorded.

The painting is held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek, though it remains owned by St Laurentius Church. Its inventory or accession number is not provided in the available sources. No exhibition history is recorded in the given materials.

The Arrest of Christ with kiss of Judas and ear of Malchus is a 1485 religious painting executed in oil on panel by the Master of the Munich Arrest of Christ. This anonymous artist is identified as a follower of Dieric Bouts, situating the work firmly within the Early Netherlandish painting movement. The composition depicts the biblical scene of the arrest of Jesus, focusing on the kiss of Judas and the injury to Malchus.

Currently held by St Laurentius Church and part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the piece measures 105 cm in height and 68.4 cm in width. Its creation date of 1485 places it in the late fifteenth-century context of Northern Renaissance devotional art.

Created in 1493, this oil painting portrays the moment of Christ’s capture, focusing on the betrayal by Judas and the violent assault on the disciple Malchus. Executed by the anonymous figure known as the Master of the Munich Arrest of Christ, the work belongs to the Northern Renaissance and is part of the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.