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The Raising of Tabitha

The Raising of Tabitha

Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1619–1688)
Datelate 1650s
MediumPen and brown ink and brown wash on off-white paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/16 × 9 7/8 in. (18.3 × 25.1 cm)
Mount: 11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (28.6 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Lehman
Object number1943.248
Status
Not on view
More Information
This drawing depicts the scene from Acts 9:36-41, in which, distraught over the death of Tabitha, a Christian woman praised for her good works, the disciples of Joppa summoned Saint Peter to her deathbed. After hearing of her charitable deeds, Peter dismissed the mourners and knelt by the body to pray. He commanded Tabitha to rise, and accordingly she opened her eyes, sat up, and returned to the living.
Exhibition History
Drawings and Watercolors from the Oberlin Collection
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (March 11, 1956 - April 1, 1956 )
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
'Dilectis Dei': Images of the Saints in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 8, 1988 - April 24, 1988 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
A Picture of Health: Art and the Mechanisms of Healing
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 2, 2016 - May 29, 2016 )
Collections
  • European
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