He stands in white and raises his hand.
Bible in art · Luke
The Healing of Ten Lepers (Guérison de dix lépreux)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Outside a village spread over a hillside, the lepers have come out on the grass and stones and cry out to Jesus from a distance. Tissot showed them as people with bandaged hands and feet, kneeling, crawling and stretching up their arms.
Jesus stands at the left in white with one hand raised, his disciples behind him. A water jug and small bowls lie on the ground among the sick.
From the text
- “He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance” (Luke 17:12)
- “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:13)
The artist’s own
- Bandages on the hands and feet of the sick
- The village with its olive groves behind
Details
Jesus
Crying out
A leper in blue stretches up his bandaged arm.
Bandaged
A man in a striped robe kneels with bound hands.
The village
White houses on the hillside beyond the trees.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.161) · 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".