He bends to touch a child held out to him.
Bible in art · Mark
Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me (Laisser venir à moi les petits enfants)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
A crowd of mothers has gathered in a square with their children: babies on their arms and shoulders, small boys and girls sitting on the ground or pushing to the front. One woman carries a large basket on her head.
Jesus, in a white mantle, bends forward at the left and lays his hands on a child held out to him. Tissot gave the women veils and dresses in many soft colours and filled the sheet with faces.
From the text
- “people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them” (Mark 10:13)
- “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them!” (Mark 10:14)
The artist’s own
- Mothers with babies on their shoulders
- A woman with a basket on her head
Details
Jesus
A basket
A woman carries a basket on her head.
On her shoulder
A small child sits on its mother’s shoulder.
Waiting
Mothers sit on the ground with their little ones.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.188) · 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".