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The Agony in the Garden; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Creator: Simon Bening.

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The Agony in the Garden; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info: Through the dramatic Miniature in the prayer book he illuminated for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Simon Bening encouraged the viewer to identify with Jesus in his Passion. The Agony in the Garden opens the sequence of devotional texts interspersed with Passion Miniature. To heighten the emotional tension, the artist compressed three events into one scene. In the foreground the apostles have fallen asleep despite Jesus' request that they keep watch. In the center of the image, Jesus prays to God, while in the background the soldiers already approach to arrest him. Bening emphasized Jesus' emotional isolation as he prays by showing him separated from the apostles by a fence and a fallen tree. Before Jesus, an angel kneels, offering the cup that symbolizes his acceptance of death on the cross.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A77_087

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NA

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NA

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Droits gérés

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138,8Mo (6,7Mo) / 47,6cm x 73,1cm / 5624 x 8628 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany religious garden gardens German night country religion sleep sleeping geography Belgium color scene Jerusalem Christianity Christ prayer praying Belgian angel Jesus Jesus Christ ridge Renaissance depiction location century asleep Bible Biblical miniature concept anguish time of day manuscript agony illustrated prayer book Colour New Testament life of Christ gold paint apostle Gethsemane Mount of Olives 16th century sixteenth century Agony in the Garden Garden of Gethsemane geographical feature illuminated manuscript Passion of Christ tempera Simon Peter Jesus Christ John St John the Evangelist St Peter illustration manuscript Biblical scene gold Christ Jesus Jesus St Peter Saint Peter Simon John of Evangelist Simon Bening Peter the Apostle Simon Cephas Bening Simon Folio Mount Olivet 1520s Heritage Art The Passion of Christ Brandenburg Patmos in prayer Christ Antiphonetes folio Jesus of Nazareth verso Apostle Peter Cephas Pope Peter Tempera colours gold paint and gold leaf Benig Simon Simon Benig Benning Simon Simon Benning Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg Cardinal Albrecht of Cardinal Albrecht Albert of Brandenburg Albrecht of Brandenburg Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht