Mtu Aliyeugua kwa Miaka Thelathini na Minane (Le malade de trente-huit ans)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Mgonjwa mmoja anaonyeshwa kwa karibu chini ya tao fupi kando ya birika. Amelala kifudifudi juu ya jiwe, kichwa chake juu ya mikono, amechoka kabisa; mzee mwenye kofia nyeupe anatambaa kando yake kwa mikono na magoti kuelekea majini.

Upande wa kushoto Yesu amesimama karibu na ukuta akiwa na joho refu jeupe na kumtazama chini, mkono umeinuliwa. Mimea ya kijani inaota kutoka kwenye nyufa kati ya mawe.

Kutoka maandiko

“mtu mmoja aliyekuwa ameugua kwa muda wa miaka thelathini na minane” (Yohana 5:5)

“sina mtu, wa kuniweka katika birika” (Yohana 5:7)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Mgonjwa mwingine anaharakisha kufika majini kwanza

Matao mafupi kuzunguka birika

Maelezo ya karibu

Yesu

Amesimama akiwa amevaa nyeupe karibu na ukuta na kutazama chini.

Mgonjwa

Amelala kifudifudi, kichwa chake juu ya mikono.

Mzee

Mwanamume mwenye ndevu na kofia nyeupe anatambaa kuelekea birikani.

Birika

Maji meusi chini ya ukingo wa mawe.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.67) · 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".