In a grey veil, she walks forward looking at her hand.
Bible in art · Mark
The Widow's Mite (Le denier de la veuve)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
The widow walks forward out of a Temple doorway in a long grey dress and veil, looking down at her hand. Behind her another woman passes with a child on her arm.
At the left, on a stone bench by the wall, Jesus sits among his disciples in white and points towards her as he talks. Others sit on the far bench at the right.
From the text
- “As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it” (Mark 12:41)
- “one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins” (Mark 12:42)
The artist’s own
- The widow seen walking away, after giving
- Stone benches by the doorway
Details
The widow
Jesus
He sits on the bench with his disciples and gestures.
Mother and child
A woman in yellow carries a child.
The doorway
People come out of the Temple door.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.211) · 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".