Agony in the Garden (Mantegna, London)
Andrea Mantegna · 1450s
The story
The Agony in the Garden is a painting of 1455–1456 by the Italian artist Andrea Mantegna in the National Gallery, London.
The painting shows Christ (at the centre) praying before a group of cherubs (at upper left) who are holding instruments of the Passion. Judas, the disciple who betrayed Christ, leads a group of soldiers (centre right) from Jerusalem to arrest him. Meanwhile, Christ's disciples Peter, James and John sleep (bottom).
Mantegna's brother-in-law Giovanni Bellini is considered to have been inspired by this painting for his own depiction of the subject, painted between 1460 and 1465 and also in the National Gallery.
- Artist
- Andrea Mantegna
- Date
- 1450s
- Collection
- National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Medium
- tempera, panel
- Size
- 62.9 × 80 cm
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