Movement: Baroque
Theme: New Testament
Technique: Oil on canvas
Museum: Allen Memorial Art Museum
Location: Oberlin, OH, USA
Size: 53 x 76.2 cm,
Notes: The nocturnal setting of Giuseppe Cesari's The Agony in the Garden evokes a lyrical, melancholic mood. As Christ prays and three apostles slumber in the foreground, Judas leads the Roman soldiers into the garden to arrest Christ.
In this depiction of the Agony in the Garden (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Cesari represents Christ kneeling on a rocky mount as he receives an angelic vision, here bearing the portentous cross. The three apostles who accompanied Christ to the garden--James, John, and Peter (from left to right)--sleep in the foreground. Cesari's rich, saturated palette evokes all the mystery and drama of the nocturnal landscape. Deep shadows are pierced by multiple light sources: the divine light flooding Christ as he prays, and the moon shuttling through clouds at upper right, fitfully illuminating the soldiers as they come to arrest Christ.
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Cesari, Giuseppe
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Date: c. 1597 Movement: Baroque Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on metal
Cesari, Giuseppe
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Cesari, Giuseppe
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Date: Not dated Movement: Baroque Theme: Old Testament Technique: Oil on canvas
Berchem, Nicolaes
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Date: not dated Movement: Baroque Theme: Genre Technique: Oil on canvas
Grebber, Pieter de
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Date: 1625 Movement: Baroque Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on canvas
Scorel, Jan van
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Date: c. 1530 Movement: Renaissance (Northern) Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on wood
Gelder, Aert de
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Date: 1671 Movement: Baroque Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on canvas
Tóth, Csaba
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Date: 1999 Movement: Art Now / Recent Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on canvas
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Date: 1891 Movement: Pointilism Theme: Portrait Technique: Oil on canvas
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Date: 1695-1722 Movement: Baroque Theme: Portrait Technique: Oil on canvas
Khnopff, Fernand
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Date: 1888 Movement: Symbolism Theme: Portrait Technique: Oil on canvas
Bles, Herri Met de
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Date: c. 1545 Movement: Renaissance (Northern) Theme: New Testament Technique: Oil on wood
Gorky, Arshile
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Date: 1947 Movement: Abstract Expressionism Theme: Abstract Technique: Oil on canvas