Wanawake Watakatifu Watazama Kwa Mbali (Les saintes femmes observent de loin)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Wanawake waliomfuata Yesu toka Galilaya wamesimama kama kundi kwenye mteremko chini ya Golgotha, wamejifunika majoho ya rangi ya machungwa, kijivu na samawati, baadhi wakificha nyuso zao. Mmoja amelala chini miguuni pao.

Kilima kinainuka nyuma yao kikiwa na ngazi mbaya zilizochongwa mwambani na pango lenye giza. Juu kabisa, wadogo na mbali dhidi ya anga zito, iko misalaba na umati; Tissot aliiacha mbali.

Kutoka maandiko

“marafiki zake, na wanawake waliomfuata toka Galilaya, walisimama kwa mbali wakiangalia hayo mambo” (Luka 23:49)

Miongoni mwao Mariamu Magdalene, Mariamu mama wa Yakobo na Yusufu, na mama wa wana wa Zebedayo (Mathayo 27:56)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Misalaba imeachwa midogo na mbali

Mwanamke amelala chini kwa huzuni

Maelezo ya karibu

Wanawake

Wamesimama pamoja wakiwa na majoho ya rangi, nyuso zimefichwa.

Chini

Mwanamke amelala ameinama njiani.

Mbali

Misalaba na umati juu ya kilima.

Pango

Tundu lenye giza katika uso wa mwamba.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.287) · 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".