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DUTCH SCHOOL -- ANONYMOUS. (Angel offering cross and chalice to Jesus Christ). 17th c. Brown ink on blue handmade paper, no wm detected, tipped in on 19th c. handmade paper. 163 x 132 mm. W. annotat. in pencil on v° 'Van Dijck' (school of Antoon van Dyck (1599-1641)?).
According to the gospels, Christ was praying with his disciples, Peter, John and James, on the Mount of Olives, in the garden of the Gethsemane, which overlooked the city of Jerusalem. Despite their good will, the apostles could not stay awake and fell asleep while Christ, overwhelmed by anguish and sadness, asked his Father to be spared saying ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.’ Then, he added: ‘If this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, your will be done!’ (Matthew 26:42). During his agony ‘his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.’ (Luke 22:44). In that moment, an angel appeared from heaven to strengthen him and at the same time offering him the chalice and the cross, symbols of the Father’s will and the forthcoming death of Christ.€ 700
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