Agony in the Garden (El Greco, Andújar)

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Agony in the Garden
File:La Oracion del huerto El Greco 1605.jpg
Artist El Greco
Year c. 1597–1607
Dimensions 169 cm × 112 cm (67 in × 44 in)
Location Santa María la Mayor, Andújar

Agony in the Garden is a 1597–1607 oil on canvas painting by El Greco. It is now in Santa María la Mayor church in Andújar.

The painter often returned to this subject of the Agony in the Garden. At the top of the work are Christ and an angel, with the apostles Peter, John and James sleeping at the bottom. Judas approaches in the right-hand background.

See also

Bibliography

  • Script error: No such module "In lang". Álvarez Lopera, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-95503-44-1.
  • Script error: No such module "In lang". Scholz-Hänsel, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

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