Malaika Wamtumikia Yesu (Jésus assisté par les anges)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Baada ya majaribu, Tissot alimchora Yesu amelala chini akiwa amechoka kabisa, akiwa na joho lake jeupe, macho yamefungwa, mkono mmoja umetupwa kando.

Kutoka gizani kumzunguka wanasongamana malaika wa kijivu wengi sana wenye mikono mirefu iliyonyooshwa, kila mmoja na mwali mdogo mweupe juu ya kichwa chake. Mikono yao inaugusa na kuuinua mwili wake. Ni mojawapo ya karatasi za ajabu zaidi za mfululizo huu: karibu nyeusi kabisa, ni weupe wa joho na miali midogo tu vinavyong'aa.

Kutoka maandiko

“ibilisi akamwacha, na tazama, malaika wakaja wakamtumikia” (Mathayo 4:11)

Kabla ya hapo, siku arobaini za kufunga nyikani (Mathayo 4:2)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Umati wa malaika wenye miali juu ya vichwa vyao

Yesu amelala amechoka juu ya ardhi tupu

Maelezo ya karibu

Uso wake

Yesu amelala macho yamefungwa.

Mshipi

Mshipi wa njano hafifu juu ya joho jeupe.

Malaika

Nyuso za kijivu, kila moja na mwali mweupe, zinasongamana kutoka gizani.

Mikono iliyonyooshwa

Mikono mirefu myembamba inanyooshwa kumgusa.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.54) · 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".