Agony in the garden, plaquette
(1575-1625)
- Medium
- gilt-bronze
- Measurements
- 7.2 × 10.2 × 0.6 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Accession Number
- 4139-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939 - Gallery location
- 14th - 16th Century Gallery - Painting & Decorative Arts
Level 1, NGV International - About this work
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This plaquette has four holes at its corners, indicating that it was originally attached to another object, perhaps a casket or a domestic altar. The scene depicted takes place in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper where Christ prays to God, asking if his coming suffering must truly take place. This scene forms the first of the twelve Stations of the Cross, which chart the suffering and death of Christ.