Inv. GL 4407
Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostles asleep; tree; books.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), second quarter of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: red (robes), blue-green (tree; books) and gold (along the hems, hair, beards, tree).
Reverse
Curved, with crosshatchings.
Labels with inscriptions: '1693' and 'Inv. 4407'.
Object Condition
Some brown marks.
Provenance
Waïsso (?) collection: acquired from the art dealer Dentaly (rue du jeune Anacharsis, Marseille) in November 1882 by Bruno Vayson, first husband of Marie Labadié, for 65 francs; Marie, following the death of her second husband, Louis Grobet, in 1917, gave her collection to the city of Marseille in 1919; the museum opened to the public in 1925.
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