Agony in the Garden
ArtistAndrea Mantegna
Year1455–56
MediumEgg tempera on wood
Dimensions62.9 cm × 80 cm (24.8 in × 31 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London
AccessionNG1417

The Agony in the Garden 1455-1456 is a painting by the Italian artist Andrea Mantegna.[1] It is in the Main Collection at the National Gallery in London. Christ (center) is praying before a group of cherubs (upper left) who are holding the instruments of his torture and death. Judas, the disciple who betrayed Christ, leads a group of soldiers (center right) from Jerusalem to arrest him. Meanwhile Christ's disciples Peter, James and John sleep (bottom).[2]

Mantegna's brother-in-law, Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini, is considered to have been inspired by this painting for his own rendering of Agony in the Garden, painted between 1460 and 1465. Both paintings are conserved at the National Gallery in London.

References

  1. ^ Boeck, Elena N. (2021-04-29). The Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople: The Cross-Cultural Biography of a Mediterranean Monument. Cambridge University Press. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-108-18706-0.
  2. ^ "Andrea Mantegna | The Agony in the Garden | NG1417 | National Gallery, London". The National Gallery. On webpage use menu to open flyout box for Key Facts, Description, or to Download Image. Retrieved January 7, 2024.


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