The Agony in the Garden
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1877
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
279 x 203 mm (11 x 8 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343181.8
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Agony in the Garden by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923),1877. Painted within the oval recessed centre of the panel, the edge painted in gold leaf. A reclining figure in the left foreground (one of the disciples) looks towards Christ who stands to the right in front of the opening to a cave. He remonstrates with the figure on the ground in broad hand gestures. A landscape with distant mountains in the background and an angel in the sky to the left.
Provenance
Acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980
Credit line
Baddesley Clinton, The Ferrers Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist