The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
- The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
Infobox Painting|
title=The Raising of Lazarus
artist=Sebastiano del Piombo
year=1517-1519
type=Oil on canvas
height=381
width=299
museum=National Gallery, London
"The Raising of Lazarus" is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Sebastiano del Piombo.
In 1516 the archbishop of Narbonne, Giulio de' Medici, commissioned a "Raising of Lazarus" from Sebastiano Luciani (as the artist was then called – the title "del Piombo" came in 1531) for his cathedral, which it is unlikely he ever visited. The painting was intended as a companion piece to Raphael's late masterpiece the "Transfiguration", commissioned earlier that year from the archbishop. As well as following the Transfiguration chronologically, the theme of Lazarus's resurrection was especially appropriate for the cathedral at Narbonne, which had relics of Lazarus. Compositional drawings for the painting were supplied by Michelangelo, who, in addition to being a friend of Sebastiano, was eager to show up his bitter rival Raphael.
The Gospel of Saint John divides the story of the miracle into three parts: Jesus bids the people take the stone from the tomb, He tells Lazarus to rise, and then He tells him to unbind his shroud. Sebastiano shows the third of these commands. In the background the Pharisees are depicted plotting Christ's death.
In 1771 the painting was transferred from wooden panel to canvas and some of the pigments have as a result lost their brightness, most notably the red of Christ's robe, which has turned pink. In the early 19th century "The Raising of Lazarus" was part of the collection of the London banker John Julius Angerstein. When the Angerstein collection was bought by the British government in 1824 for the foundation of the National Gallery the canvas was catalogued as NG1, making it officially the first painting to enter the National Gallery.
External links
* [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng1 "The Raising of Lazarus" on the official National Gallery website]
References
* Langmuir, Erika (2004). "The National Gallery Companion Guide". London: National Gallery Company
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