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Title
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Christ before Herod
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Alternative Title
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Christ before Pilate
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Creator
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Haidt, John Valentine
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Publisher
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Bethlehem Digital History Project
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Date
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1754?-1774?
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Type
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Still image
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Format
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oil on canvas ; 29.5 x 24.5 in.
image/jpeg
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Description
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Colored oil on canvas painting of "Christ Before Herod" or "Jesus before Herod" (also sometimes called "Christ before Pilate"). Illustrates the Bible passage, Luke 23:8-10.
Jesus is brought before King Herod, who questions him. Queen Herodias, dressed in fine clothing, looks on from the foot the throne.
This is one of four paintings Haidt made showing the events of Passion Week for the Saal of the single sisters' house in of Nazareth. MHS has two others from the set "The Betrayal of Christ" and "Christ before the Mob".
Excerpt from 1972 Berkeley University Art Museum catalog entry by Jane Dillenberger:
"Despite the richness of detail, the figure of Christ explicitly dominates the scene, an effect Haidt achieved by central placement, the white garments, and the quietude of Christ's mien and posture contrasted with the gesticulating crowd. This painting, dating from about 1765, originally belonged to the Moravian Settlement in Hope, New Jersey. Contemporary diaries reveal that the emphasis on Christ's blood and wounds was not so intense as formerly."
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Subject
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Haidt, John Valentine
Jesus Christ--Trial--Art
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee --Art
Jesus Christ--Passion--Art
Bible. Luke--In art
Oil sketches
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Identifier
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0737a-b
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Provenance
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Deposited by H. J. Van Vleck, 1860
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Rights Holder
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Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Christ before Herod