The Agony in the Garden, Eugène Delacroix, 1851

Title(s)

The Agony in the Garden

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1871

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Eug. Delacroix 1851’

Description

Christus in Gethsemané. Christus ligt uitgestrekt op de grond, links een lichtschijnsel.

Artist

• painter: Eugène Delacroix

Dating

1851

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 34 cm × width 42 cm

What

• Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane during the night

Credit line

• Gift of M.C., Baroness van Lynden-van Pallandt, The Hague

Acquisition

gift Apr-1900

Copyright

Public domain

• Correspondance général d'Eugène Delacroix, André Joubin, Eugène Delacroix, dl. 3
• The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 189
• J.F. Heijbroek en E.L. Wouthuysen, Portret van een Kunsthandel : De firma Van Wisselingh en zijn compagnons 1838-heden, Zwolle-Amsterdam 1999, p. 274-275.