. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. -cupation unheeded by Him. Sucha conception is seen in one of theancient silver-gilt plates preservedin the Treasury at Aix-la-Chapelle,and believed to be of the 11th cen-tury (No. 152).1 In all these earlyconceptions, the sense of reverencein the artist and of dignity in theLord are the chief features. In later Art the scene is gene-rally given in an historical sense,as a part of a series, where the mind may be supposed to be insome measure
. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. -cupation unheeded by Him. Sucha conception is seen in one of theancient silver-gilt plates preservedin the Treasury at Aix-la-Chapelle,and believed to be of the 11th cen-tury (No. 152).1 In all these earlyconceptions, the sense of reverencein the artist and of dignity in theLord are the chief features. In later Art the scene is gene-rally given in an historical sense,as a part of a series, where the mind may be supposed to be insome measure prepared for so terrible a sight. We are notaware of any master having found pleasure in it as a separatetheme. The scene is variously introduced: sometimes in the backgroundof Christs appearance before Caiaphas; sometimes in Caiaphas pre-sence ; in other examples dividing the space with the Denial of theSaviour by Peter—always in a large hall. The variety consists inthe more or less exaggerated brutality of the mockers, who too often 1 Casts of these and of many remarkable ivories may be seen and purchased at HerrLeers, 37 Stolk Gasse, 151 The Mocking of Christ.(Miniature. Bologna.) THE MOCKING OF CHRIST. 55
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