He carries a dark jar on his shoulder.
Bible in art · Mark
The Man Bearing a Pitcher (L'homme à la cruche)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Along the foot of a huge wall of golden stone, a narrow path climbs towards the towers of the city. A man in a yellow tunic walks up it with a big water jar on his shoulder.
In the foreground two disciples, an older one in a dark brown cloak and a younger one in white, watch him and speak quietly to each other before following. The sky is grey with a streak of evening red.
From the text
- “a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him” (Mark 14:13)
- “he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready” (Mark 14:15)
The artist’s own
- The path under the city wall
- The two disciples as an old and a young man
Details
The man with the jar
The older disciple
A grey-bearded man with his hand at his mouth.
The younger disciple
In white, he points ahead.
Others on the path
More water carriers far up the slope.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.219) · 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".