Christ In The Garden Of Olives

Christ in the garden of olives 1827 by eugene delacroix canvas art wall picture museum wrapped with black sides 39 x 31 inches print title.

Christ in the garden of olives.

Christ in the garden of olives 1827 artist. This olive orchard was part of an estate at the foot of the mount of olives. The garden of gethsemane is where olives were pressed into oil. Olive oil in my opinion is the best material symbol to represent the atoning blood of jesus christ.

In the garden of gethsemane jesus was pressed with the extreme pressure of his suffering for all of us that his olive oil that is his blood oozed from his pores. It seems to have been open to the public and at passover time it provided welcome relief from the crowded city. Uva protective coating preserves color and. 138 x 92 cm.

When the painting was finished gauguin considered christ in the garden of olives to be the best work he had ever created a vivid and intimate expression of the truth of his heart. Christ in the olive garden. It is a melancholic painting not only because it elucidates christ s trauma in the garden of olives but also because it represents gauguin s tormented emotions over the demise of his friendship. Gauguin as christ in the garden christ on the mount of olives is an 1889 painting by french artist paul gauguin.

It was bordered by the road coming up from the kidron valley and was probably surrounded by a stone wall. 278 345 cm classification. Palais des beaux arts de lille lille france. Eugene delacroix finished size.

Christ in the garden of olives the agony in the garden artist. Eugène delacroix french charenton saint maurice 1798 1863 paris date. Lent by the conservation des oeuvres d art religieuses et civiles de la ville de paris and the direction régionale des affaires culturelles d île de france. 39x31 inches bar depth.

Mannerism late renaissance period. Church of saint paul saint louis paris. To a friend he.