Christ on the Mount of Olives

1743

John Baptist Jackson after Jacopo Bassano

Associated Names
John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Jacopo Bassano

Artist After, Venetian, c. 1510 - 1592

This is a drawing of an angel descending from the sky towards people in a natural landscape. The figures are reclined among rocks and foliage. In the background is a cityscape with towers and a fortified wall. Below the scene is an inscription in a classical font. The image is monochromatic in brown tones with emphasis on linear contrasts and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55.3 × 38 cm (21 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.89

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 30, State (trial proof of key block)

  • Series Title

    Opera Selectiora [Kainen 16-32; 1946.11.67-91]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1962.

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Wikidata ID

Q65079797

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