They stand on a rock with their arms raised high.
Bible in art · Matthew
The Two Blind Men at Jericho (Les deux aveugles à Jericho)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Two blind men have climbed onto a rock by the road outside Jericho and stand with their arms flung up, calling out. Tissot painted them from behind, in striped robes, with tall date palms and the town wall beyond.
The crowd pours out through the gate towards them, and in the middle walks Jesus in white. At the edges some people sit and watch; one leans from the top of a wall.
From the text
- “two blind men sitting beside the road” (Matthew 20:30)
- “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” (Matthew 20:30)
- “As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him” (Matthew 20:29)
The artist’s own
- The blind men standing on a rock to be heard
- Date palms of Jericho behind the wall
Details
The blind men
Jesus
He comes out of the gate in white among the crowd.
Palms
Tall date palms rise over the wall.
On the wall
Onlookers lean from the top of a wall.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.190) · 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".