Giacinto Brandi, (1621–1691)
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, circa 1650
Oil on canvas
Height: 99 cm (38.9 ″); Width: 75 cm (29.5 ″)
Pinacoteca Vaticana
Gethsemane is an urban garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In Christianity, it is the place where Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion.
Christ in
the Garden of Gethsemane refers to the events in the life of Jesus as recorded
in the New Testament, between the Farewell Discourse at the conclusion of the
Last Supper and Jesus' arrest. More on this painting
According
to all four Gospels, immediately after the Last Supper, Jesus took a walk to
pray. The gospels of Matthew and Mark identify this place of prayer as
Gethsemane. Jesus was accompanied by three Apostles: Peter, John and James,
whom he asked to stay awake and pray. He moved "a stone's throw away"
from them, where He felt overwhelming sadness and anguish, and said "My
Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as
you, not I, would have it." Then, a little while later, He said, "If
this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, your will be done!". He said
this prayer three times, checking on the three apostles between each prayer and
finding them asleep. He commented: "The spirit is willing, but the flesh
is weak". An angel came from heaven to strengthen him. During his agony as
he prayed, "his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down
upon the ground".
Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples. Born in Poli, in Lazio, he was trained in Rome in the studio of Alessandro Algardi, a noted sculptor, who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting. He joined the studio of Giovanni Giacomo Sementi. He traveled to Naples from 1638, and by 1647 had returned to Rome to work under Giovanni Lanfranco, where Brandi befriended Mattia Preti. The two latter artists would often collaborate.
His works are well distributed among baroque Churches of Rome. In 1647, he joined the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon in Rome and from 1651 was inducted into the Accademia di San Luca for painters. In 1663, he frescoed the life of Saint Erasmus for the crypt of the cathedral of Gaeta. Some of his works are in Milan, Toledo, and Zaragoza. More on Giacinto Brandi
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