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Christ's disciple Judas -- visible just beyond the river, leading a group of soldiers to Christ -- has betrayed him. Aware of his imminent arrest and death, Christ prays; a cherub appears and presents him with a chalice. The chalice refers to the words of his prayer: 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt' (Matthew 26: 39).Here Bellini experiments with the style of his brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna: the rock forms in the foreground on the left have straight edges and look, like Mantegna's, as though they have been carved with a chisel. The draperies, too, resemble Mantegna's in their crisp sharp folds.Christ's pink tunic blends with the peach light of the dawn sky, which highlights the undersides of the plump clouds.