Gospel according to John 11 · From the open tomb to the return to life

The resurrection of Lazarus shows Christ calling out of the tomb the man who had been dead for four days, under the gaze of Martha, Mary, the disciples and a crowd divided between astonishment and faith.

The story of Lazarus' resurrection is found in the Gospel according to John. Lazarus lives in Bethany with his sisters Martha and Mary. When he falls ill, they call Jesus, but he arrives after his death, while Lazarus has been resting in the tomb for four days. In front of the cave closed by a stone, Christ asks that the entrance be opened, prays then calls the dead to come out. Lazarus still appears wrapped in his shroud and his wrappings. The scene appears still wrapped in his shroud and his wrappings. The scene brings together several times in a single image: the pain of the sisters, the order of Christ, the opening of the sepulcher, the awakening of the body and the reaction of the crowd. It is traditionally understood as a foreshadowing of the death and Resurrection of Christ. Painters exploit its theatrical force. Jesus' raised hand commands the gaze; the tomb digs a passage between shadow and light; gestures of fear, doubt or adoration give everyone a different reaction to the miracle. Lazarus' body, sitting, standing or in the process of emerging, also allows us to show the gradual return of movement. The work selected, a copy after Peter Paul Rubens, also allows us to show the gradual return of movement. The work selected, a copy after Peter Paul Rubens, also allows us to show the gradual return of movement. The work selected, a copy after Peter Paul Rubens, also allows us to show the gradual return of movement. The work selected, a copy after Peter Paul Rubens, concentrates the baroque qualities adapted to the subject: diagonals, powerful bodies, animated fabrics and directed light. The selection thus focuses on the miracle of Bethany and its pictorial force. The selection thus focuses on the miracle of Bethany and its pictorial force. The selection thus focuses on the miracle of Bethany and its pictorial force. The selection thus focuses on the miracle of Bethany and its pictorial force. The selection thus focuses on the miracle of Bethany and its pictorial force. The selection thus focuses particularly with regard to The Resurrection of Lazarus - according to Rubens. Its reading favors space.

The miracle reads like a material passage: the stone moves aside, the shroud falls apart and the body leaves the shadow at Christ's command.