He leans down and takes the woman by the hands.
Bible in art · Mark
The Healing of Peter's Mother-in-law (La guérison de la belle-mère de Pierre)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
In a small courtyard of rough stone, with stairs and a dark doorway, Jesus bends over Simon’s mother-in-law where she lies on a mat. He takes her hands and helps her to sit up.
Simon stands with his back to us in a black and white cloak, lifting a hand. Tissot added a black cat sitting on the wall above them.
From the text
- “Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever” (Mark 1:30)
- “He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up” (Mark 1:31)
The artist’s own
- A black cat on the wall
- The sick woman lying on a mat in the courtyard
Details
Jesus
The woman
She rises from her mat in a white veil and red dress.
Simon
Seen from behind, in a black and white cloak.
The cat
A black cat sits on top of the wall.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.76) · 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".