He stands at the entrance with his hand raised.
Bible in art · John
The Resurrection of Lazarus (La résurrection de Lazare)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Tissot painted the tomb as a cave hollowed in the rock, seen from inside in brown and ochre shadows. Jesus stands on the steps at the entrance with his arm raised, and people crowd behind him in the opening.
At the bottom, in a grave cut into the floor, Lazarus rises in his white grave clothes, his face still bound. At the left two women — his sisters — start back in fear and wonder.
From the text
- “Lazarus, come out!” (John 11:43)
- He comes out “with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth” (John 11:44)
The artist’s own
- The view from inside the tomb
- Lazarus rising from a grave in the floor
Details
Jesus
Lazarus
Wrapped in white, he rises from the grave.
The sisters
Two women in white headcloths start back.
In the doorway
Onlookers crowd at the mouth of the cave.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.181) · 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".