The Agony in the Garden

Deutsche Grafik 1490–1498, c. 1490

This is a painting of a religious scene. A person in a brown robe is kneeling and looking upwards toward a golden chalice above a rock. Surrounding the kneeling figure, there are three other figures sitting in a semi-circle, each with yellow halos. The style is reminiscent of a medieval woodcut, with vivid colors, a green ground, and a tree in the background. The landscape is simple and stylized, with a blue sky and wooden fence in the distance. The figures and objects are stylized in a way typical of religious art from this period.
Artist
Deutsche Grafik 1490–1498
Date
c. 1490
Type
Print
Medium
hand-colored woodcut
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This is a painting of a religious scene. A person in a brown robe is kneeling and looking upwards toward a golden chalice above a rock. Surrounding the kneeling figure, there are three other figures sitting in a semi-circle, each with yellow halos. The style is reminiscent of a medieval woodcut, with vivid colors, a green ground, and a tree in the background. The landscape is simple and stylized, with a blue sky and wooden fence in the distance. The figures and objects are stylized in a way typical of religious art from this period.

Deutsche Grafik 1490–1498