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Description: | Professor Peter Humphrey in The Age of Titian identifies the subject as from the gospel accounts of Christ healing the woman with the issue of blood (Matthew 9. 20-22; Mark 5. 25-34; Luke 8. 43-48). He writes: Jesus was moving among a jostling throng of his disciples towards the house of Jairus, an elder of the synagogue, when he felt a faint touch on the hem of his garment, whereupon the afflicted woman was instantly cured. When he challenged her to come forward, she humbly knelt before him, and he told her 'Daughter, they faith hath made thee whole.' The exotically-dressed figure near the right of the composition, clearly meant as a Jew, may be identified as Jairus, whose dead or dying daughter Jesus had been called to heal. The porch on the left marks the entrance to Jairus's house, where Jesus will perform his next miracle. The painting comprises a freize-like composition, with a dense clustering of figures on a narrow proscenium. Christ, positioned centre right, opens his arms to the afflicted woman, who kneels at his feet in a yellow cloak. The house of Jairus is represented by a stone doorway, flanked by round pillars, to the far left of the composition. A woman stands in the doorway, pointing a crippled man on crutches towards Christ. Mounted on the wall to either side of the door is a pair of escutcheons. These are thought to belong to the painting's original owner and his wife; however attempts by Humphrey to identify the arms among those of noble Vicentine families of the period have so far been unsuccessful. | Subjects: | miracle) healing religion (Christ | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Maganza, Alessandro (Italian painter and draftsman, 1556-after 1630) Æ Previously attributed to Italian (Venetian) School Previously attributed to Italian (Veronese) School Previously attributed to Veronese, Paolo (Italian painter and draftsman, 1528-1588) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8592... | Go to resource |
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