Fig. 99.—The Raising of Lazarus.
The figure of Mary, frequently of very diminutive size, setting all proportion at defiance, is often depicted as crouching at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes as kissing his hand in gratitude for restoring her brother to life. Sometimes, also, Martha is seen standing by the tomb, and the disciples standing around Jesus. The following engraving, from a sarcophagus in the Lateran, is a characteristic example of the ordinary type.
A much less frequent subject of art-presentation
was Mary Magdalene holding in her hands the “alabaster box of very precious ointment,” wherewith she anointed Our Lord.
Fig. 100.—Raising of Lazarus.[550]
Fig. 101.—Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.