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Agony in the Garden or Christ on the Mount of Olives
Agony in the Garden or Christ on the Mount of Olives

Agony in the Garden or Christ on the Mount of Olives

Date1508
Maker Albrecht Dürer German, Nuremberg 1471-1528
Label TextThe 'Engraved Passion' series (1508-12) consists of fifteen plates of the same size, addressing the events that led to the death of Jesus Christ. Dürer treated the same theme in two woodcut series, but never more compactly and intensely than here. Some of the engraved editions were bound with prayers into books, and Dürer sold other prints from the series individually. The Agony in the Garden is the first in the series. In his loneliest and most human moment, Christ prays to God the Father to spare him from death. Nearby, the three disciples who have promised to wait with him have fallen asleep.
Object number54.150
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Durer, Rembrandt, and Goya: Old Masters Prints from the Seattle Art Museum Collection", May 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 1/1/2002)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.
Dimensions8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm)
MediumEngraving
Agony in the Garden
Albrecht Dürer
1515
Object number: 35.131
Christ Before Caiaphas
Albrecht Dürer
1508
Object number: 35.128.1
Christ Before Caiaphas
Albrecht Dürer
1508
Object number: 35.128.2
Betrayal of Christ
Albrecht Dürer
1508
Object number: 35.228
Knight, Death and the Devil
Albrecht Dürer
1513
Object number: 64.52
The Sea Monster
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1498
Object number: 65.66
Bearing of the Cross
Albrecht Dürer
1512
Object number: 54.149
Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels
Albrecht Dürer
1513
Object number: 54.151
The Virgin on the Crescent with a Diadem
Albrecht Dürer
1514
Object number: 53.174
Crucifixion
Albrecht Dürer
1508
Object number: 53.175
Madonna on a Grassy Bench
Albrecht Dürer
1503
Object number: 53.176