Sauti Nyikani (La voix dans le désert)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Tissot alimwonyesha Yohana Mbatizaji kwa nyuma, amesimama bila viatu juu ya mwamba juu ya bonde linalopinda la vilima vya kijivu na waridi — nyika ya Yudea, kama nchi za jangwa alizozichora katika safari zake.

Yohana anainua mikono yote miwili na kupaza sauti juu ya nchi tupu. Kanzu yake ni fupi na ngumu, imefungwa kiunoni; fimbo yake iko miguuni pake. Hakuna mtu mwingine katika picha.

Kutoka maandiko

Yohana Mbatizaji anahubiri katika nyika ya Yudea (Mathayo 3:1)

“sauti ya mtu aitaye kutoka jangwani” (Mathayo 3:3)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Yohana anaonekana kwa nyuma, peke yake, bila wasikilizaji

Bonde pana la jangwa chini yake

Maelezo ya karibu

Mikono iliyoinuliwa

Yohana anainua mikono yote miwili juu ya kichwa chake.

Kanzu yake

Kanzu fupi ngumu yenye mshipi kiunoni.

Juu ya mwamba

Amesimama bila viatu juu ya jiwe kubwa, fimbo yake kando yake.

Bonde

Mkondo mweupe uliokauka unapinda kati ya vilima.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.44) · 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".