Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Christ prays in Gethsemane (cell 34)
Alternate Title:
Agony in the Garden
Image View:
Detail, the Apostles with marked haloes, S. Iacobus, S. Iohannes, and S. Petrus (James the Greater, John the Evangelist, and Peter)
Creator:
Fra Angelico (Italian painter, ca. 1400-1455)
Location:
repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Convent of San Marco, Dormitory; Piazza San Marco 3
GPS:
43.778198 11.259329
Date:
ca. 1440-1445 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
177 cm (height) x 147 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Apostles; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
At this period lay brothers were assumed to be untutored in Latin and would not have undergone even the minimal theological preparation required for ordination. Accordingly, the frescoes in their cells, on the south side of the north corridor, do not have mystical or Dominican allusions but are fully narrative illustrations of various scenes from the Life of Christ, drawn mostly from the Passion cycle beginning with the Last Supper [Institution of the Eucharist] (Cell 35) and ending with the Noli me tangere (Cell 1). In this scene from Cell 34, the saints are identified by their names on haloes. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-FA-CSM-AG-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Christ prays in Gethsemane (cell 34)