225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Book of Hours
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1490
MS S.1 fol. 52v
Christ: in Gethsemane -- Angel, with goblet, appears on grassy rock above Christ, with crossed rayed nimbus, kneeling on one knee with raised hands. In foreground, apostles Peter, John, and James, all with rays as nimbus and seated on ground, sleep. Scene in garden enclosed by picket fence. In background, Judas and helmeted soldiers approach garden gate (Christ: Betrayal, Arrival in Garden).
Margins with vinescroll and floreate ornament.
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