Agony_in_the_Garden_(El_Greco,_Andújar)

<i>Agony in the Garden</i> (El Greco, Andújar)

Agony in the Garden (El Greco, Andújar)

Painting by El Greco

Agony in the Garden is a 1597-1607 oil on canvas painting by El Greco. It is now in Santa María la Mayor church in Andújar.

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The painter often returned to this subject of the Agony in the Garden. At the top of the work are Christ and an angel, with the apostles Peter, John and James sleeping at the bottom. Judas approaches in the right-hand background.

See also

Bibliography

  • (in Spanish) Álvarez Lopera, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-95503-44-1.
  • (in Spanish) Scholz-Hänsel, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
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