Christ Praying in the Garden
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 1/16 in. (27.1 × 18 cm) Plate: 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (22.4 × 15.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.793.39
About this artwork
This 1754 etching and engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi and Joseph Wagner depicts Christ's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the poignant New Testament moment when Jesus prayed before his arrest and crucifixion. The collaboration between these two accomplished printmakers exemplifies 18th-century workshop practices where artists combined specialized skills to produce technically sophisticated prints. Bartolozzi (1727-1815), born in Florence, became one of the era's most celebrated engravers, ev...
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Joseph Wagner · 1727–1815
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815) was an Italian engraver whose most productive period was spent in London, where he became the leading exponent of stipple engraving and a founding member of the Royal Academy. Born in Florence and trained first as a painter before turning to engraving in Venice, he established his reputation in Rome before being recruited by the English Royal Librarian Richard Dalt...