Christ on the Mount of Olives

1743

John Baptist Jackson

Associated Names
John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

The image shows an angel descending with light beams, illuminating a figure in prayer. Other figures are resting on the ground. In the distance, a city or village is seen with a tall building; the sky is dark. The style features strong black and white strokes, creating vivid contours. The color scheme is sepia tones with white detailing, resembling an etching or woodblock print.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 55.7 × 38 cm (21 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 61.7 × 45 cm (24 5/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.519

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 30, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 30, only (impression of key block only)

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom: Ill: mae atq; Excell: mae D: nae D: nae / Paulinae Contarenae / NOB: VENETAE, aviti sanguinis ingenti splendore clarae, sed Virtutum nebilitate longe clariori, piissimum / hoc Christianae Fidei monumentum, exiguum obseqentissimae servitutis suae signum, quod ex pictura / Jacobi de Ponte delineavit, exsculpsit, generosissimae Patronae, et Auspici dedicabat J: B: Jackson.

Wikidata ID

Q76557081

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