ITALY
Agony in the garden, plaquette
(1575-1625)

Medium
gilt-bronze

Measurements
7.2 × 10.2 × 0.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939

Gallery location
Not on display

About this work

This plaquette has four holes at its corners, indicating that it was originally attached to another object, perhaps a casket or a domestic altar. The scene depicted takes place in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper where Christ prays to God, asking if his coming suffering must truly take place. This scene forms the first of the twelve Stations of the Cross, which chart the suffering and death of Christ.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Italy

Accession Number
4139-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

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Agony in the garden, plaquette
(1575-1625)