He stands in the doorway with his hand on his chest.
Bible in art · John
The First Denial of Saint Peter (Premier reniement de Saint Pierre)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Peter stands in the doorway of the high priest’s courtyard with his hand on his chest, protesting. A servant girl in a red dress turns and points at him, and another woman below raises her hands.
At the right, soldiers sit huddled against the wall in the night. Above the door Tissot painted plaques with writing, and the brown walls glow faintly.
From the text
- Peter stands outside at the door (John 18:16)
- “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered (John 18:17)
The artist’s own
- Inscribed plaques above the doorway
- Soldiers resting by the wall
Details
Peter
The servant girl
In red, she points at him.
Another woman
A woman below lifts her hands.
Soldiers
Helmeted men sit against the wall.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.245) · 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".