Italy / c. 1550
Lazarus and the Rich Man
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Lazarus and the Rich Man as painting (Italy · c. 1550).
The Rich Man (far right) and Lazarus (far left) are both physically and socially opposed; while Lazarus reclines on the floor, the Rich Man relaxes on his lavish table.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c. 1510–1592).
The museum's collection notes: The Biblical parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-21) tells of a man who feasted and celebrated every day, while a beggar named Lazarus sat starving nearby. Dogs came to lick the sores on the poor man's body. However, when the two men died, Lazarus was welcomed into heaven, while the rich man was consigned to hell.
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