Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, design for north east apse window, 1864

SPCAA/D/2/2

1864

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Francis Cranmer (1817 - 1903) Penrose

The drawing is executed in pen on tracing paper.

The drawing is a study for Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. It depicts Christ, head bent, praying while an angel offers him a cup. In the foreground, Peter, James and John are asleep and on the left, Judas comes to betray Christ. The scene is surrounded by a classical arch.

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