Agony in the Garden

Title

Agony in the Garden

Draughtsman

• Karl Gottlob Schönherr

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): C. Schönherr.

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1942

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73D3121 agony of Christ: to comfort him one or more angels appear to Christ with chalice and/or cross
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 31A25221 hands folded with fingers knit