Christ cures the blind Bartimaeus on the road outside Jericho. Etching by H.S. Lautensack, 1555.

1555

1 print : etching ; sheet 14.7 x 21.8 cm

Caecus secus viam sedens sanatur Lucae xxvii Mat: xx Mar: x. 1555 HSL

Matthew 20.30-34 ("two blind men sitting by the wayside"); Mark 10.46-52 ("blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highwayside begging", v. 46, near Jericho), Luke 18.35-43 ("A certain blind man sat by the wayside begging", v. 35, near Jericho). The setting, suposed to be Jericho, is based on German river landscapes such as the Rhine or the Danube

Wellcome Collection 2854944i