A disciple in a striped cloak speaks at the door.
Bible in art · Matthew
The Foal of Bethpage (L'ânon de Bethphagé)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
In a lane between stone walls under olive trees, the two disciples have come to a doorway with a carved lintel. One in a striped cloak speaks to a man in an orange robe who leans out to them.
The donkey and her colt stand in the lane; a woman in a dark mantle sits on the donkey, and two faces peer over the wall behind. Tissot set the scene in a village lane with sun and shadow on the stones.
From the text
- “at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her” (Matthew 21:2)
- “tell him that the Lord needs them” (Matthew 21:3)
The artist’s own
- A doorway with a carved stone lintel
- Neighbours peering over the wall
Details
Asking
The owner
A man in orange leans out of the doorway.
The animals
A white donkey and a dark young one stand in the lane.
Over the wall
Two people peep over the stones.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.191) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".