Manner of Johann Heinrich Tischbein
Manner of Johann Heinrich Tischbein

The fleeing disciple with Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane in the background

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Manner of Johann Heinrich Tischbein
The fleeing disciple with Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane in the background
oil on canvas
60.2 x 45.4 cm

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The subject is taken from Amos II:16 where is related how after Christ's capture the most courageous disciple was fleeing from the site.
This scene is rarely depicted. One of the most known renderings of it is by Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, circa 1520/5 in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma (D. Ekserdjian, Correggio, 1997, p.166, fig.187).

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