Christus wordt weggevoerd

This oval engraving depicts two distinct moments from the Passion of Christ: the upper half shows Jesus bound and led away by guards, while the lower half shows Peter sitting by a fire as a servant girl identifies him. The scenes are encased in dense Mannerist ornamentation including floral swags, a crowing rooster, and a grotesque ram's head. The composition uses high-contrast linework to distinguish the central narrative from the surrounding decorative scrollwork.

This work represents the sophisticated Netherlandish engraving tradition that bridged religious narrative and the burgeoning Mannerist interest in emblem and ornament. The Sadeler family were pivotal figures in the dissemination of visual culture that would later inform the complex symbolic and alchemical imagery of the Rudolfine court in Prague.