<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This scene depicts the story of Jesus performing the miracle of the raising of Lazarus. Jesus looks upwards with his hands clasped in front of him. Around his head is a halo of light. To his left several mourners look on in awe and a long winding cloth falls from the arms of one them down a grassy bank into Lazarus’s tomb. Only the outstretched arms of Lazarus can be seen.<\/p>\n
This is a very eery depiction of the Lazarus miracle, because it\u00a0is rather unusual to show only the arms of a raising Lazarus and because of the overall dark and dramatic, stage like composition of the painting.<\/p>\n
Lievens collaborated and shared a studio with\u00a0Rembrandt\u00a0from about 1626 to 1631. Lievens showed talent for painting in a life-size scale and dramatic compositions.\u00a0The two men split in 1631, when Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam and Lievens to England. In 1656 Rembrandt still owned paintings by his former friend.<\/p>\n
Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This scene depicts the story of Jesus performing the miracle of the raising of Lazarus. Jesus looks upwards with his hands clasped in front of him. Around his head is a halo of light. To his left several mourners look on in awe and a long winding … Continue reading The Raising of Lazarus, Jan Lievens, (1607-1674)<\/span>