Lit by the full moon of the Passover season, the trees twist and writhe as if mirroring Jesus’ anguish in Roy De Maistre’s “The Agony in the Garden.” The 1940 oil painting by the Australian artist seems to portray the moment at which Jesus—with arms aloft—entreats God to “let this cup pass” from him. Meanwhile, the disciples, enveloped within a womblike cradle (foreground), are sleeping, dead to the world. After the Last Supper, Jesus went with his disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives to pray while awaiting his arrest. Jesus takes Peter, James and […]
