Agony In The Garden (Mantegna, London)

''The Agony in the Garden'' is a painting of 1455–1456 by the Italian artist Andrea Mantegna in the National Gallery, London.

The painting shows Christ (at the centre) praying before a group of cherubs (at upper left) who are holding instruments of the Passion. Judas, the disciple who betrayed Christ, leads a group of soldiers (centre right) from Jerusalem to arrest him. Meanwhile, Christ's disciples Saint Peter, Peter, James the Great, James and John the Apostle, John sleep (bottom).

Mantegna's brother-in-law Giovanni Bellini is considered to have been inspired by this painting for Agony in the Garden (Bellini), his own depiction of the subject, painted between 1460 and 1465 and also in the National Gallery.

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Paintings by Andrea Mantegna
1450s paintings
Paintings of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mantegna
Paintings in the National Gallery, London
Angels in art
Birds in art
Rabbits and hares in art
Paintings of Saint Peter
Tempera paintings

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