Jesus in Prayer · from the stars
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his face whole, the city he is looking at and the temple far off in it, the moon, the purple of the robe. The color is the painting's own; the sparseness is the point. The light rests on the moon.His face, the city he is looking at and the temple far off in it, the moon, the purple of the robe — the painting itself, since this browser could not raise the field of marks.
- …and findeth them asleep.
- What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Watch and pray.
- Matthew 26:40–41
Jesus in Prayer — Alton S. Tobey (1963)
Original painting from the collection of Adam Leipold.
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