This strange and melancholy landscape painting shows Christ in the centre of the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of his crucifixion. An angel appears bearing a chalice on a cloud to His left and the Apostles lie sleeping in the foreground. In the middle distance to the right of the painting, Judas tells the priests where Christ is and soldiers approach to take him prisoner. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.
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Title of artwork, date
The Agony in the Garden, 1515–1557
Date supported
1955
Medium and material
Oil on wood (tondo)
Dimensions
97 cm
Gifted by
F D Lycett Green
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