Christ Asleep during the Tempest
Christ sleeps in a storm-tossed boat while his disciples cry out in panic: a Sea of Galilee scene Delacroix painted again and again late in life. Full commentary ↓
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Christ Asleep during the Tempest is an oil painting by Eugène Delacroix (ca. 1853) in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It measures 50.8 × 61 cm.
In the pictureGreen waves rise as if to swallow the boat, and the people on board have lost hold of their oars and flail their arms in terror. In the middle of it all, toward the bow, only a haloed figure in red sleeps, his head resting on his arm. The scene comes from the Gospel of Mark: the disciples wake him, crying, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" and Christ rebukes the wind and makes it calm.
BackgroundDelacroix painted this subject more than six times in the 1850s. Unlike the large works of his youth, the canvas is small and the brushwork rough, so the waves and sky come across through color and movement before form. In the mountains and dark clouds of the background and the white foam on the water, he gave up detailed description to paint the force of the storm itself.
Puzzle tipAs a puzzle it is no pushover, since more than half the pieces are green sea. Finish the middle band with the boat and figures first, then sort the sea into light pieces with foam and dark pieces without, and join them following the direction of the waves.
- Artist
- French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris
- Classification
- Paintings
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 50.8 x 61 cm
- Credit line
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
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