Schotel, beschilderd met vijftien scènes uit het leven van Christus

This Delftware platter depicts a central large-scale scene of Christ standing before Pilate on a checkered floor, surrounded by two concentric rings of smaller circular medallions. The fourteen smaller scenes illustrate the narrative of the Passion, including the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection, all framed by elaborate scrollwork and winged cherubs. The figure compositions are directly modeled after a famous series of engravings by the artist Hendrick Goltzius.

This object demonstrates the long-standing influence of the Haarlem Mannerists on European decorative arts, where Hendrick Goltzius's refined 16th-century 'Passion' engravings remained the standard for devotional imagery well into the 18th century. In the context of Dutch visual culture, such objects merged sophisticated graphic art with domestic piety.