The Agony in the Garden

XVII century. Red wash, Pencil ground on dark yellow paper.
Not on display

The scene depicts an apostle lying down in the foreground. Christ appears kneeling in the centre, in left profile, and with his hands clasped together. To the left, there is an angel, and to the right, in the background, are the other two apostles.

The figure of the apostle in the foreground strongly evokes the technique and model of Saint Jerome by Pereda in the British Museum. The angel is also associated with the drawings of the Immaculate Conception by his hand, which are held in the Uffizi and support the attribution.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1972, p.112-113

See work in timeline

RDF

Technical data

Clic para ampliar

Inventory number: D000174
Author: Antonio de Pereda y Salgado
Title: The Agony in the Garden
Date: XVII century
Technique: Red wash; Pencil ground
Support: Dark yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 296 mm; Width: 245 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 112-113.

Angulo Íñiguez, Diego, A corpus of spanish drawings. II Madrid (1600-1650), Harvey Miller, Londres, 1977, pp. nº301 Lám.LXXVII.

Pérez Sánchez, A. E., D. Antonio de Pereda (1611-1678) y la pintura madrileña de su tiempo, Cat. exposición celebrada en Madrid, Salas de Exposiciones del Palacio de Bibliotecas y Museos, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1978, pp. nº 2.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Historia del dibujo en España: de la Edad Media a Goya, Cátedra, Madrid, 1986, pp. 170.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Dessins Espagnols.Maitres des XVI et XVII Siecles, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, París, 1991, pp. 104, nº 38.