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The Kiss of Judas
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: Giotto
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Christ and Judas meet face to face in this hand-painted oil painting reproduction of the Giotto fresco from the Scrovegni Chapel, rebuilt stroke by stroke on canvas.
Description
Description
Judas leans in, his arm already wrapping around the shoulders of Christ, and for one suspended instant the two faces meet almost nose to nose, one calm, one calculating. This Kiss of Judas reproduction freezes that exact second, the moment of betrayal, before the soldiers behind them can close in with their torches and spears. It is a painting worth having on a wall precisely because so much is happening at once, and because Giotto controls all of it.
About Kiss of Judas Reproduction
The scene comes from the fresco cycle Giotto painted in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, around 1304 to 1306, and it remains one of the most quoted passages from that commission. Christ stands upright and still, meeting the gaze of Judas without flinching, while Judas is swallowed almost entirely inside the yellow cloak that marks him as the traitor. Around them presses a crowd of soldiers armed with clubs, spears, and raised torches, their helmets and profiles overlapping in a crush that Giotto arranges with surprising clarity given the density of bodies. To the left, Peter lunges forward and slices off the ear of a soldier with his dagger, a jolt of physical violence set against the frozen confrontation at the center.
What makes the scene remarkable, and what separates it from the Byzantine painting that came before it, is the weight Giotto gives his figures. Draped fabric falls with real gravity, faces are built as individuals rather than types, and the eyes of Christ and Judas carry a psychological charge that had rarely been attempted in panel or fresco painting up to that point. This is early naturalism arriving in force, a famous painting precisely because it changed what a painted figure could be asked to do.
The hand-painted reproduction
The ByMuseum version of this oil painting reproduction is painted by hand, not printed, by artists who study the original palette of ochres, blues, and that symbolic Judas yellow until the proportions and the temperature of the colour match. They rebuild the crowd stroke by stroke on artist-grade canvas, keeping the layered brushwork and the texture that give the fresco its density, so the surface reads as paint rather than as a flat reproduction of one.
- Hand-painted oil on canvas, not a printed copy
- Available in a range of sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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