Giovanni Bellini - The Agony in the Garden, about 1465, 81 x 127 cm. Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane while Peter, James and John sleep. An angel reveals a cup symbolizing his impending sacrifice. In the background, Judas approaches with the Roman soldiers who will arrest Jesus. Perhaps for the first time in Italian painting, the artist has represented a real, observed sunrise, which tints the undersides of clouds rose-orange, reflects from the walls of distant towns, glitters on armour. By specifying the time of day, the picture reminds us of Christ’s long night of agony, with its final acceptance of the Passion symbolized by the chalice held out by the angel like a priest officiating at Mass.