How does Christ Before the High Priest elucidate its History?
Between 1610-1620 Gerard van Honthorst stayed and worked in Rome. The painter Joachim von Sandrart (a pupil of Honthorst) claims that the Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani had Honthorst made the painting for the collection of his palace. Giustiniani, in his collection, had another painting by the painter Luca Cambiaso and Honthorst perceived its subject and style and also by other Italian masters such as Caravaggio.He made the following steps: 1) private collection Vincenzo Giustiniani, Rome, 1638-1804; 2) private collection Lucien Bonaparte, Paris, 1804-1820; 3) private collection Duke of Lucca 1820-1840; 4) private collection Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, IV, Great Britain 1840-1913; 5) National Gallery, London, 1922.
Vincenzo Giustiniani National Gallery Gerard van Honthorst London National Gallery, London