Christ is depicted as an example of virtue and fortitude, praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Around him Peter, John and James are asleep. From heaven, an angel appears with a chalice. In the foreground four courtiers playing music, for whom this example is intended. Top left a coat of arms of a canon. The print has a superscription in Dutch. Print from a book edition in which a scene from the life of Christ is juxtaposed with a worldly situation, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and musicians playing courtiers By Deught and Stantvasticheyt Moralising lessons for courtiers , print maker

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