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Description: | The name of 'Bethesda' means 'house of mercy'. The water source was a nearby spring, and according to the Bible its waters healed the sick. According to the Gospel of John (chapter 5), it was here that Jesus healed a man who had been lame for thirty-eight years. Against monumental ruins, which give the painting a visionary quality, many figures appear, the majority with evident signs of long sicknesses, approaching the healing waters. The episode told in the Gospel is also present, at the left of the painting, recognisable only by the halo surrounding Jesus. | Subjects: | religion (Pool of Bethesda); everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Coccorante, Leonardo (Italian painter, 1680-1750) Æ School of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8443... | Go to resource |
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