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Black-and-white woodcut of Christ praying in a rocky grotto under an angel in clouds, with three sleeping disciples in the foreground.

Christ's Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

A black-and-white woodcut shows Christ praying in a rocky grotto, arms lifted, while an angel in clouds appears at upper left. Three disciples sleep in the foreground, and small torch-bearing figures approach along a distant hillside on the right.

Artist
Lucas Cranach (I)
Date
1509
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2838 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1509.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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