Two sleeping Apostles from "The Agony in the Garden"

A photograph reproducing a drawing that Ruland (1876) catalogued as being then in the collection of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

This drawing was catalogued by Ruland (1876) as an early copy of or a study for a lost composition of "The Agony in the Garden" by Pietro Perugino. It shares elements with a drawing by the studio of Perugino now in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 912792) and with four cartoon fragments by Giovanni di Pietro, known as Lo Spagna, now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 410E; a photograph of these is at RCIN 850236) which are preparatory for a painting now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no. NG 1032) by Lo Spagna (c.1500-1505). (See RCIN 850235 for a photograph of the painting). The painting in the National Gallery was traditionally thought to be by Raphael, but it has been recently attributed to Lo Spagna or a follower of Pietro Perugino. It is based on the 'Agony in the Garden', executed by Perugino for the church of San Giusto, Florence, and now in the Uffizi. See Bibliographic References for further information.