Damuwar Yusuf (L'anxiété de Saint Joseph)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Mattiyu ya ce kawai Yusuf ya yi niyya ya saki Maryamu a ɓoye. Tissot ya yi tunanin lokacin a cikin shagon kafintansa: katakai sun jingina da ginshiƙai, ɓaɓɓaken itace sun naɗe a ko’ina a ƙasa, kuma kwandon kayan aiki yana ƙarƙashin teburin aiki.

Yusuf ya daina aiki. Ya jingina a kan teburin aikinsa, haɓarsa a kan hannunsa, da tsinken sassaƙa a ɗayan hannun, yana kallon gaba ido ɗaya. Ta buɗaɗɗen gaban shagon, mata masu ɗauke da tuluna a kawunansu suna wucewa a titi.

Daga rubutun

An tarar Maryamu tana da ciki tun kafin su zama miji da mata (Mattiyu 1:18)

Yusuf, “mai adalci”, ya yi tunani yă sake ta a ɓoye (Mattiyu 1:19)

Na mai zanen kansa

Shagon kafinta, da teburi, katakai da ɓaɓɓaken itace

Titi a waje da mata masu ɗauke da tuluna

Bayanai dalla-dalla

Yusuf

Ya ɗora haɓarsa a kan hannunsa yana kallon nesa.

Tsinken sassaƙa

Ɗayan hannunsa har yanzu yana riƙe da tsinken sassaƙa a kan teburi.

Titin

Wata mace da tulu a kanta tana wucewa gaban buɗaɗɗen shagon.

Kayan aiki

Kwandon kayan aiki da naɗaɗɗun ɓaɓɓaken itace a ƙasa.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.20) · 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".