Jesus Calming the Storm, Book of Hours,
French, Paris, 1430-1435,
New York, Morgan Library,
MS M359, fol. 62r
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"He got into a boat and his disciples followed him.
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep.
They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"
He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.
The men were amazed and said, "What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?"
(Matthew 8:23-27)
To all of you who may be either enduring or awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Irma, I thought I would post some images that illustrate the story of Jesus' calming of the waves. No great thoughts or iconographic analysis, this post will just be images, arranged chronologically.
- From the Middle Ages
Jesus Calming the Storm from Pictorial Bible of Abbey of St. Bertin French (St. Omer), 1190-1200 The Hague, Koninklijk Bibliotheek MS 76F5, fol. 14 (detail) |
Jesus on Sea of Galilee from Sermons of Maurice de Sully Italian (Milan or Genoa), 1320-1330 Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France MS Francais 187, fol. 7 (detail) |
- To the Renaissance
Jan Brueghel the Elder, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee Flemish, ca. 1596 Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza |
- To the Baroque
Rembrandt, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Dutch, 1633, Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
- To the Romantic Era
Eugene Delacroix, Christ in the Tempest, French, 1853, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
- To the Impressionist Era
- To the Twentieth Century
James Tissot, Jesus Calming the Storm, from Life of Jesus, French, 1888-1896 New York, Brooklyn Museum |
Girogio Di Chirico, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Italian, 1914 Vatican City State, Collection of Modern Religious Art |
So, stay safe and remember that the storm is bigger than all of us, but not bigger than God.
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