Images of The Mocking of Christ, a 17th century engraving by François Langot restored by conservators Ute Larsen and Camilla Baskcomb at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, plus images of comparative works by Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, and Schelte Adams Bolswert, as discussed by Kim Hill and Mary Kisler on the Saturday Morning programme of 30 August 2014.
1. François Langot (active 1641–1684) France, after Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Flanders, England, The Mocking of Christ c1699, engraving . Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010. Restoration sponsored by the Auckland Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Before (left) and after.
2. Titian (c.1488/1490-1576) Italy, Christ Crowned with Thorns – Louvre, 1542, and Munich 1572-76
3. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Flanders, Mocking of Christ 1601-2, Grasse Cathedral
4. Peter Paul Rubens, Drawing of Hercules Crowned by Genii; François Langot. Detail of troop commander in leopard skin.
5. Van Dyck after Rubens. Detail from Crowning of Thorns, and sketch of whole composition.
6. Van Dyck. Sketch of different composition for Crowning of Thorns, and finished painting now in the Prado, Madrid.
7. Anthony van Dyck. Crowning with Thorns. Collection of Frank T Sabin, 1955.
8. Schelte Adams Bolswert (c1586-1659) Flanders, Holland, Flanders, England, Christ Crowned with Thorns (1630–35), after Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), engraving. Auckland Art Gallery, purchased 2012
9. Detail of Christ’s head in Francis Langot’s Mocking of Christ; Detail of page in Van Dyck Italian Sketchbook showing sketch after Titian, British Museum; Detail of Van Dyck’s sketch after Titian's Noli me tangere (since destroyed)
10. Installation view of restored print currently on display at Auckland Art Gallery.
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
