Current Location: In storage
Titles
Agony in the Garden
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
(Uncertain)
Entities
Categories
Description
Agony in the Garden, carved in boxwood in relief. The three-quarter length figure of Christ, with halo and his arms folded on his breast, faces three-quarter left. The angel, holding a chalice in his left hand and a Roman four-pointed cross (not an Orthodox eight-pointed one) in the left hand, appears kneeling in a cloud in the extreme left of the composition. In the background are trees and the walls of Jerusalem.
Notes
History note: 12th May 1886: Rt. Hon. Beresford Hope M.P. (sale cat. no. 247); bought by the Rev. E.S. Dewick; 1918, bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam and given to the Museum
Legal notes
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 2 7/8 in
Width: 2 5/8 in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1918-04-30)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dating
19th Century, second half#
Circa
1870
-
1900
Note
Dr. N. Andreyev on 9th December 1953 wrote that this was not an ancient Greek Orthodox subject and only appears in the 18th and 19th century under the influence of W. European, and particularly Italian art. The composition and the background are not typical of the Orthodox icon, nor is the cross an Orthodox one. It was probably made for sale to pilgrims in Palestine.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Project
Materials used in production
Boxwood
Techniques used in production
Carving
: Carved in boxwood
Relief
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.1-1918
Primary reference Number: 30376
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1918
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 3 December 2019
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
