Agony in the Garden
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk underdrawing, brush with light gray-brown wash over both. Outlines of composition in black chalk at borders of sheet. On off-white paper
Dimensions
7-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. (19.7 x 17.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1956
Accession Number
56.235.16
Tags
About this artwork
This drawing of the Agony in the Garden, attributed to the Spanish School of Seville from the seventeenth century, depicts Christ's anguished prayer in Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion. Executed in pen and dark brown ink over black chalk underdrawing, with gray-brown wash, the composition exemplifies the naturalistic approach influenced by Caravaggio that became predominant in Seville during the Spanish Golden Age. Seville emerged as Spain's cultural center in the sixteenth century...