Masters/Carl Bloch/Gethsemane
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Luke is the only Gospel writer who says it: “there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.” Bloch paints that verse. The angel kneels and holds Jesus, cheek against His head, while He rests His full weight in the angel’s arms.
The garden is almost black. The only light falls on the two figures and the flat rock where they kneel. Behind them, the old trees twist up into the dark.
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Other masters in room 58, Not My Will, but Thine:
Carl Bloch
Christ in Gethsemane, 1880
Etching, 15 × 10.7 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13113)
Heinrich Hofmann
Christ in Gethsemane, 1890
Oil on canvas
The Riverside Church, New York
Frans Schwartz
Agony in the Garden, 1898
Oil on canvas
Altarpiece, Nørresundby Church, Denmark
James Tissot
The Grotto of the Agony, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.231)
Harry Anderson
Jesus Praying in Gethsemane
Under copyright, so not shown here.
View it on the Gospel Media LibraryThe King's Oratory, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark. The 23 paintings hang in the King's Oratory, next to the castle chapel. Frederiksborg says visitors can see them every day, all year.
Google MapsGoogle EarthImage: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
