Christ on the Pancake Hill by Marko Basaiti

Another traditional name for the canvas is “Prayer for the Cup”.

The work was ordered by the artist Francesco Foscari for the family altar in the church of San Jobba. Therefore, in the foreground, as if opening the audience to the sacred scene of the last moments of the Savior’s freedom in earthly life, Saint Francis, Mark and Louis of Toulouse, in whose name the donator and his sons Marco and Luigi were named, are represented.

“Prayer for the Cup” Basaichi is approaching by composition to “Saint Jerome” Giovanni Bellini. Thin observer Alexander Benois noted that the motifs of the painter are richer and more pretentious than the motives of his predecessor.

Related Paintings

Christ at the Column by Michelangelo Merisi and Caravaggio Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Marco Basaiti Christ consecrating bread and wine by John Constable The Resurrection of Christ by Agnolo Bronzino Lamentation of Christ by Giovanni Bellini Semaine du Christ à la crêpe – Marco Bazaiti The altar images by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Adoration of the Shepherds (Altar of Portinari) by Hugo van der Gus