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Specific

• Author:

  DÜRER Albrecht  (1471-1528)

• Title:

  L'AGONIA NELL'ORTO DEGLI ULIVI - AGONY IN THE GARDEN - CHRISTUS AM ÖLBERG

• Data: 1511
• Format: (mm 127 x 98)
• Comparison bibliographic: Cfr. Meder 135 (II/V - a/b); Strauss 142; Bartsch 26; Hollstein 135; Panofsky 246

Product's description

Compared to the discarded version of this subject (no. 111), this woodcut has been praised for the realistic rendering of the prayerful attitude of Christ and the sleeping disciples-they appear to be actually asleep, not merely with their eyes closed. Wölfflin¹ called it the most perfect of the series. As in the "Annunciation" (no. 139) and the "Nativity" (no. 140), the figures take up the entire picture area to the exclusion of architectural elements or a large landscape. Only in the distant background the Roman soldiers are entering the garden gate.

 The Tietzes' assertion that the woodcut no. 111 is a workshop product of c.1521 has not gained acceptance. They pointed out that St. Peter is pictured in mirror im- age in the second version. The original wood block is in the British Museum, London