Christ in Gethsemane
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
10 x 11 in. (25.4 x 27.9 cm) [margin irregular at top]
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anne and Jean Bonna Gift, 1998
Accession Number
1998.264
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Christ in Gethsem*, a delicate pen and brown ink drawing from around 1490, attributed to Master of the Drapery Studies, an anonymous German artist of the late 15th century, possible links to Hans Pleydenurff. Measuring just 10 x 11 inches, this intimate work captures the biblical moment in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Christ kneels in prayer amid his sleeping apostles—a poignant scene of solitude and impending betrayal from the Gospels. The irregular top margin hints at its origins as a preparatory study or collector's sheet, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings a...