Vintage framed print of Christ praying
The print is about 30 inches wide and 14.5 inches tall with a carved wood frame that is about 33 inches by 17.5 inches. It is under glass and there is brown paper on the back. Through small rips I see grey cardboard. There is no signature or number on the print but a stamp is on the brown paper R502. Though the print is very similar to Hofmann's painting of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane it is much wider and includes details on both sides not in the original. It is also shorter and missing details from the top of the original. I did an image search online and could not find another print like this.
My parents have had this since the early 50s but I do not know where they got it.
Inherited
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This is a vintage early to mid 20th century framed color lithograph print featuring Jesus praying. The central image is a published rendition of the iconic painting from 1890 by Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann entitled Christ in Gethsemane which was later purchased by Rockefeller in 1932 and placed in the Riverside Church in NYC where it is still in situ today. When a publisher creates a print image, they can have another commercial artist embellish the image. This color lithograph has been expanded to a 'yard long' wall art piece which were generally placed over mantles or double wide doorways. The estimate is based on actual recent past recorded auction sales of comparables. Retail 'asking prices' can be higher and vary.
