Prayer for the Cup by Fedor Bruni

Prayer for the Cup by Fedor Bruni

The painting was painted in Rome between 1834 and 1836 for a church in the estate of Senator GN Rakhmanov in the village of Bobrik, Sumy County, Kursk Gubernia. This work of the artist was extremely popular with his contemporaries. It was repeated in 1836 for the altar of the Church of the IAH and in 1846, commissioned by Nicholas I for the heir, was repeatedly copied by other authors, from it were engravings by S. L. Zakharov and N. I. Utkin in the almanac “Morning Dawn” and lithography A. Petrovsky and S. Kruzhkin in the publishing house AA Kozlov. [Nikolai Krylov] Literature: [Jesus Christ 2000] Jesus Christ in the Christian art and culture of the XIV-XX century. St. Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2000, cat. No. 176, p. 215 His main strength was in the composition and correctness of the drawing; in his paintings there is a lot of academic knowledge that was replenished with the artistry of content, and often with feeling. His “Prayer for the Cup” depicts Christ, full of sorrow and recognition of the suffering that awaits him, and makes a strong impression; The repetition of this picture, made by B., is in the church of the Academy of Arts.

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