The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda, Pieter Aertsen, 1575
1575
56.0 x 75.0 cm
The healing of the lamb in Bethesda (John 5:1-16). Christ stands for a richly decorated gate, for which there are many sick. Behind the gate you can see an angel diving into the healing well.
Pieter Aertsen (1508 – 1575)
Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) was a Dutch Mannerist painter renowned for pioneering monumental genre scenes blending still life & biblical themes. Influential in Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting, he preceded Bruegel the Elder with realistic
About this artwork
- Title: The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda, Pieter Aertsen, 1575
- Artist: Pieter Aertsen
- Year: 1575
- Original dimensions: 56.0 x 75.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow