Masters/Heinrich Hofmann/Christ in Gethsemane
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Jesus kneels alone against a rock, His hands folded, His face turned up toward a single beam of light breaking through the night sky. There is no angel here, only the light.
In 1944, Good Housekeeping ranked this painting among America’s eight favorite pictures. This image was scanned from a print published by The Riverside Church in 1945.
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Other masters in room 58, Not My Will, but Thine:
Carl Bloch
Gethsemane, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
Carl Bloch
Christ in Gethsemane, 1880
Etching, 15 × 10.7 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13113)
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 Riverside Church, New York City.
Google MapsGoogle EarthImage: Wikimedia Commons (scan of a 1945 Riverside Church print). The work itself is in the public domain.
