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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Christ on the Mount of Olives

🖼 Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1819
Oil on panel
47 × 35 cm
Madrid, Spain

Moonlit solitude envelops Christ in prayer, rendered through loose brushwork and dramatic chiaroscuro that emphasizes spiritual anguish. This late work captures Goya's shift toward psychological depth and existential themes, abandoning baroque theatricality for intimate human vulnerability.

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E. H. Gombrich
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