- Artist
- Thomas Seddon 1821–1856
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Frame: 870 × 1030 × 100 mm
support: 673 × 832 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by subscribers 1857
- Reference
- N00563
Online caption
Thomas Seddon travelled to the Middle East in 1854. The British Empire and the growth of travel and trade opened the world to Victorian tourists. Like other Europeans, he saw the region as an authentic setting for Biblical subjects. This valley south of Jerusalem shows the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane, where Seddon felt the presence of Jesus who had ’walked the same paths’. Seddon camped on the hill for 120 days painting the scene. He was struck by the beauty of the light and observed an intricate network of blue shadows.
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