He turns with his arm flung up.
Bible in art · Matthew
Judas Returns the Money (Judas rend l'argent)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Between the heavy painted columns of the Temple, Judas whirls round in a red-brown cloak and flings the money away from him. Coins fly through the air and scatter over the pale stone floor.
His face is twisted, his arm high. In the background the priests and elders stand among the columns in their dark robes and look on.
From the text
- Judas “returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders” (Matthew 27:3)
- “So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left” (Matthew 27:5)
The artist’s own
- Coins flying through the air
- Richly painted columns of the Temple
Details
Judas
Flying coins
Silver pieces scatter in the air and on the floor.
The elders
Old men in dark robes watch from the side.
A column
The base of a painted column.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.255) · 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".