Christ on the Mount of Olives
1743
Artist, British, 1701 - 1780
John Baptist Jackson
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut printed in dark brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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