Christ Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain
Artist
Domenico Fiasella
(Italian, 1589-1669)
Datec. 1615
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 106 × 69 in. (269.2 × 175.3 cm)
Frame (Confirmed): 119 1/2 × 82 1/4 × 4 1/2 in., 210 lb. (303.5 × 208.9 × 11.5 cm, 95.3 kg)
Frame (Confirmed): 119 1/2 × 82 1/4 × 4 1/2 in., 210 lb. (303.5 × 208.9 × 11.5 cm, 95.3 kg)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN112
This work and its pendant, Christ Healing the Blind (also displayed in this gallery), were likely installed in a chapel, possibly in a private residence. The subject of this work is taken from the Gospel of Luke, where Christ, upon entering the city of Nain, finds a widow in tears at the recent death of her son. Moved by her grief, Christ restores the boy to life. The intense light focuses attention on the foreground, while a crowd of onlookers assembles behind the astonished figures at the right of the painting.
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