Sarafu Iliyopotea (La drachme perdue)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Tissot alichora mfano wa sarafu iliyopotea kama mandhari ya usiku. Katika chumba chenye giza, mwanamke mwenye kitambaa cheupe kichwani na gauni lenye milia anatambaa sakafuni, akichungulia chini ya sanduku fupi la mianzi iliyosukwa.

Taa ndogo kabisa ya mafuta iko sakafuni na kutoa duara la mwanga wa joto juu ya mawe ya sakafu na sehemu ya chini ya sanduku. Kila kitu kingine kiko katika kivuli kizito cha kahawia.

Kutoka maandiko

“kuna mwanamke gani mwenye sarafu kumi za fedha, akipotewa na sarafua moja, hata washa taa na kufagia nyumba na kutafuta kwa bidii hadi atakapoipata?” (Luka 15:8)

Anawaita rafiki zake: “furahini pamoja nami, kwa kuwa nimeipata tena sarafu yangu niliyokua nimeipoteza” (Luka 15:9)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Mwanamke akitafuta chini ya sanduku la mianzi iliyosukwa

Taa moja ndogo sakafuni

Maelezo ya karibu

Taa

Mwali mdogo kabisa unamulika sakafu.

Mwanamke

Anainama hadi sakafuni ili aone.

Mkono wake

Anaingiza mkono chini ya sanduku.

Sanduku

Sanduku refu la mianzi iliyosukwa linapata mwanga wa taa.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.93) · 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".