Early European Print : Christ on the Mount of Olives

Early European Print

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Impression on paper depicting Christ on the Mount of Olives. Christ kneels, facing to the left, with folded hands, in the Garden of Gethsemane; the three apostles sit asleep beside him. Before him is a scroll bearing the inscription: 'P[ater] si possibile e[st] t[ra]nsferat[ur] ame calix iste'. On a rock to the left stands a large chalice, containing the instruments of the Passion, rod, scourge, crown of thorns, cross, and nails. An angel, appearing from the sky, holds a scroll with the words 'Constans esto ihesu fili dei'. In the background, Judas, holding a money bag, enters through a door in the wattled fence, followed by soldiers. His hand and that of a torch bearer both touch a scroll on which is inscribed: 'Quem osculatus fuero ipse est tenete eu[m]'. Clouds and stars are seen against a black sky. At the foot of the impression is a quotation from Luke xxii, 44: 'Factus est sudor ei[us] sicud gutte sagwinis decurre[n]tis i[n] terram'.</p>