Christ on the Mount of Olives

c. 1522

Hans Weiditz, II

Associated Names
Hans Weiditz, II

Artist, German, 1500 or before - c. 1536

The image shows several figures in a natural setting. Three figures are in the foreground; one is kneeling with their upper body and hands visible. This person has long, wavy hair and a beard. The other two figures are seated on the ground with curly hair, shown from the waist up. In the background on the right, an angelic figure with wings is carrying a cup. The scene includes trees, foliage, a cloudy sky, buildings, hills, and a group of soldiers with spears and shields in the middle ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut from 2 blocks on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    block: 29.2 x 44 cm (11 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.9 x 44.8 cm (11 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.14.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 11, repro. detail, p.10-11.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 20656/graal / (not deciphered); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: agt; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: hans Weiditz 1500 [Geisberg nr. 1499] 3739A

Wikidata ID

Q76342082

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