Christ on the Mount of Olives

Albrecht Dürer

1584

watercolor

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

northern_renaissance Renaissance Renaissance Religious

About this work

This painting shows Christ in a purple robe, praying on a mountain. He's surrounded by a detailed landscape and three sleeping apostles. The scene is quiet, with a sense of solitude and impending suffering. The artist used a lot of detail to show the emotional weight of the moment. The golden halo around the divine figure adds to the feeling of divinity. The sleeping apostles seem unaware of what's happening. Check out the work of artist: Dürer, Albrecht, to see more like this.