The Agony in the Garden
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He kneels on an altar. The Gallery calls the rock formation improbable and reads it as a church altar, where the Mass would be received. Above it a cherub holds out a chalice; the man between them is, in Hebrews, the high priest who offers himself. A spiked fence post stands directly beneath the chalice, bringing to mind the crown of thorns.
Beyond the river, Judas leads the soldiers. The watchers are asleep. Shell gold shows him bathed in early morning light. In Matthew he prays that this chalice pass from him. The cherub is handing it to him.
Sources: The National Gallery, London, 'Giovanni Bellini, The Agony in the Garden', NG726, object page · British Museum, drawing; sketch-book, Jacopo Bellini, 1855,0811.43 · The National Gallery, London, 'Mantegna & Bellini' press release, 2018 · Hebrews 9:11, Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Hebrews 7:27, Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Matthew 26:39, Douay-Rheims (Challoner), project corpus data/bible_drc.js (scene block marked verified in the brief) · Matthew 26:39, Douay-Rheims (Challoner); project corpus data/bible_drc.js, scene block marked verified in the brief
And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt.
Matthew 26:39 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), from the project’s own corpus at data/bible_drc.js
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 6,000 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.