Title
The Agony in the Garden
Maestro de Paredes [attributed to] (Active in Palencia in the early 16th century)
Generic classification
PaintingObject
PaintingDate
ca. 1515-1525Century
First quarter of the 16th c.Cultural context / style
Late Gothic and early RenaissanceDimensions
45,2 x 29,1 inMaterial
CanvasTechnique
Oil PaintingIconography / Theme
Oración del Huerto de GetsemaníProvenance
Possibly from the province of Palencia (Palencia, Spain)Current location
Private Collection France (France, France)Object history
This panel has been attributed to the Maestro de Paredes due to its formal characteristics, as it is reminiscent of the works of Pedro Berruguete, Maestro Alejo and Fernando Gallego (Post, 1947). The Maestro de Paredes was active in Palencia in the first third of the 16th century, so it is believed that the panel comes from the current province of Palencia (Velasco Gonzàlez, 2019). However, it is unknown in the altarpiece of which church or monastery it may have been. Nor is it known at what time it left the country. Be that as it may, in 2019 it was exhibited at the art gallery that Sam Fogg owns in Clifford Street (London). The exhibition catalog indicated its current location: a private collection in France.
Description
Christ is in the center of the composition kneeling and looking up to the top of the rock, where an angel appears carrying a chalice and a cross. Around him are the apostles: Peter, John and James the Greater. On the right side of the panel, Judas can be seen bursting into the scene together with the Roman centurions who soon after proceed to arrest Jesus. The painting refers to other artists such as Pedro Berruguete, Fernando Gallego or Maestro Alejo, among others.
Locations
XVIth c.
XXth c. - present
private collection
Private Collection France, France (France) *
Bibliography
- POST, Chandler Rathfon (1947): A History of Spanish Painting, vol. 9 (The Beginning of the Renaissance in Castile and Leon), nº 1, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), pp. 439-449.
- VELASCO GONZÀLEZ, Alberto (2019): Spanish Paintings from 14th to 16th Centuries, Caylus, Sam Fogg, Londres, pp. 160-167.
Record manager
Isabel Escalera FernándezCitation:
Isabel Escalera Fernández, "The Agony in the Garden" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/449
The Agony in the Garden
Velasco González, Alberto. Spanish Paintings from 14th to 16th Centuries (2019): 161.
Velasco González, Alberto. Spanish Paintings from 14th to 16th Centuries (2019): 161.
Detail. The Agony in the Garden
Velasco González, Alberto. Spanish Paintings from 14th to 16th Centuries (2019): 163.