He hides his face against his arm.
Bible in art · Luke
The Third Denial of Peter. Jesus' Look of Reproach
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
In a dark archway at the edge of the courtyard, a servant woman crouching on the floor points at Peter, who stands at the right with his head on his arm, half turning away.
Beyond the columns, in the reddish light of torches, the guards lead Jesus past through the crowded hall. Tissot made the meeting of the two glances the centre of a picture almost all in shadow.
From the text
- “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean” (Luke 22:59)
- “the Lord turned and looked at Peter” (Luke 22:61)
The artist’s own
- The servant woman crouching on the floor
- Jesus led past in the distance between the columns
Details
Peter
The servant
A woman crouching on the floor points at him.
In the hall
Guards and torches beyond the columns.
Seen from behind
A man in a brown cloak sits in the foreground.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.249) · 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".