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The Pool at Bethesda: The Invalid, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
La Farge, John 1835-1910  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Worcester Art Museum 55 Salisbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01609 Accession Number: 1990.24.1
Date:
1896
Notes:
Acton, David, "Master Drawings from the Worcester Art Museum," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Worcester Museum of Art, 1998, no. 76.
Summary:
Sketch for a stained glass window for the Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston, depicting a female figure seated on the edge of the medicinal pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, her left foot dipping into the water, and her arms held by a male attendant standing behind her.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Bathing  Search this
State of Being--Illness  Search this
Architecture--Other--Swimming Pool  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23570628
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_382123