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Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, Vol. 3: German, French, Spanish and English Paintings and Art Objects; Modern Paintings Christ taken TO prison. The same composition as the 7 I 7 print by Martin Schongauer with a number of changes. The weapon of the soldier to the left of Christ is shorter and has a different top, the costumes and caps are changed in several details and the landscape has been added. Christ wears a dark purple cloak. St. Peter has a light blue coat and white mantle. Judas has a brownish yellow, the man to the right a pink costume. The man lying in front wears a circular red coat with yellow border and blue trimming. Among the colours of the other figures prevail cherry-red and green. The landscape is green-brown with a dark blue sky. Signed on the sword of St. Peter M. S. (with a mark between the letters). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.