Christ In The Garden Of Olives

The garden of gethsemane is where olives were pressed into oil.
Christ in the garden of olives. 278 345 cm classification. Olive oil in my opinion is the best material symbol to represent the atoning blood of jesus christ. It is both a self portrait and a representation of jesus about to be taken by the soldiers. Eugene delacroix finished size.
Gauguin as christ in the garden christ on the mount of olives is an 1889 painting by french artist paul gauguin. Uva protective coating preserves color and. To a friend he. Christ in the garden of olives 1827 by eugene delacroix canvas art wall picture museum wrapped with black sides 39 x 31 inches print title.
138 x 92 cm. Eugène delacroix french charenton saint maurice 1798 1863 paris date. In the garden of gethsemane jesus was pressed with the extreme pressure of his suffering for all of us that his olive oil that is his blood oozed from his pores. Palais des beaux arts de lille lille france.
Lent by the conservation des oeuvres d art religieuses et civiles de la ville de paris and the direction régionale des affaires culturelles d île de france. Mannerism late renaissance period. This olive orchard was part of an estate at the foot of the mount of olives. It is a melancholic painting not only because it elucidates christ s trauma in the garden of olives but also because it represents gauguin s tormented emotions over the demise of his friendship.
Christ in the olive garden. 39x31 inches bar depth. It was bordered by the road coming up from the kidron valley and was probably surrounded by a stone wall. It seems to have been open to the public and at passover time it provided welcome relief from the crowded city.
From art gallery of ontario ago paul gauguin christ in the garden of olives 1889 oil on canvas 73 93 cm. Now they moved away towards the garden of gethsemane. When the painting was finished gauguin considered christ in the garden of olives to be the best work he had ever created a vivid and intimate expression of the truth of his heart.