Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane surrounded by Eight Figures of Saints
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1877 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas and oil on panel
Measurements
1295 x 1702 mm (51 x 67 in)
Place of origin
England
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343180
Caption
Rebecca Orpen was a talented amateur artist who married Marmion Edward Ferrers (1813-84) of Baddesley Clinton. She was prolific, working in both oil and watercolour, and much of her work remains in the house today. She and her husband lived at Baddesley with her aunt, Lady Chatterton and her husband, Edward Heneage Dering. They became known as ‘The Quartet’, revelling in art, history and their religion. On the death of their spouses, Rebecca and Edward Dering were married. This is the altarpiece of the chapel at Baddesley Clinton. ‘The Quartet’ converted to Roman Catholicism in 1865.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas and oil painting on panel, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane surrounded by Eight Figures of Saints by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923), signed and dated 1877. Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane, flanked by portraits of eight saints,
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist