Art and Images related to John's Gospel

compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

The Raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-54) - this story is recorded only in the Fourth Gospel

• The Resurrection of Lazarus (1303-05) - fresco, by Giotto (Italian; 1267-1337); in the Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua
• The Resurrection of Lazarus (ca. 1309) - fresco, by Giotto (Italian; 1267-1337); in the Lower Basilica, Assisi
• The Raising of Lazarus (1311) - tempera and gold on panel, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian; ca. 1278-1319) - originally from the Maestà in the Cathedral of Siena; at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
• The Resurrection of Lazarus (1461) - tempera on wood, by Nicolas Froment (French; 1435-1486); in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence - from the Web Gallery of Art; another copy on the CGFA website
• The Raising of Lazarus (ca. 1480) - Dutch woodcut, by the "Second Gouda Woodcutter" - from the University of Michigan Museum of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (1480's) - oil and tempera on panel, by Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Dutch; ca. 1460-1490) - now in Musée du Louvre, Paris; from the Web Gallery of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (ca. 1497) - oil on canvas, by Benozzo Gozzoli (Florence; 1420-1497) - from the National Gallery of Art
• The Resurrection of Lazarus (late 15th cent.) - painting by Ælbert van Ouwater (Dutch) - from Web Gallery of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (1510's?) - panel from the church of St Lazarus in Palencia, by Juan de Flandes (Spanish; fl. 1496-1519) - now in Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the Web Gallery of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (1517-19) -  painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian/Venetian; 1485-1547) - from the Web Gallery of Art; another copy on the CGFA website
• The Raising of Lazarus (ca. 1558-59) - oil on canvas, by Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian/Venetian; 1518-1594) - from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (search for "Lazarus")
• Studies for the Raising of Lazarus and Other Compositions (ca. 1582) - pen & ink on paper, by Veronese (Venetian, 1528-1588) - from the National Gallery of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (1608-09) - oil on canvas, by Caravaggio (Italian; 1573-1610) - from the Web Gallery of Art
• The Raising of Lazarus (1619) - oil on canvas, by Guercino (Italian; 1591-1666) - now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris - from the Web Gallery of Art; another copy on the CGFA website
• The Raising of Lazarus (ca. 1620) - chalk and ink drawing, by Johann (Hans) Rottenhammer (German; 1564-1625) - from the Lutheran Heritage website
• The Raising of Lazarus (ca. 1630) - oil on panel, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch; 1606-1669) - now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art;  from the WebMuseum; another copy at Web Gallery of Art and at Mark Harden's Artchive
• The Raising of Lazarus (n.d.) - etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian/Genoese; 1609-1665) - from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (search for "Lazarus")
• The Resurrection of Lazarus (1706) - canvas by Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (French; 1644-1717) - now in Musée du Louvre, Paris; from the CGFA website 
• The Raising of Lazarus - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace; 1832-1883)
• The Raising of Lazarus (After Rembrandt) (1890) - painting by Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch; 1853-1890) - from The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery [Temporarily down?]
• Lazarus (1961) - modern painting, by William Congdon (American; 1912-1998) - private collection
• The Raising of Lazarus (1975) - oil on canvas, by Alfred Leslie (American; b. 1927) - from the "In Our Time" Exhibition, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia
• Take Away the Stone (2005) - a modern serigraph, printed with 57 colors; by John August Swanson (Los Angeles, b. 1938)
• Raising of Lazarus - modern icon - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
• La'azar Raised from the Dead - modern painting, from the Virgin Mary Cathedral, Losser, Nederlands - from the Bar Ebroyo CyberLibrary website

• Christ at Simon the Pharisee (ca. 1620) - oil on canvas; a variation on the same theme; also by Rubens - from the Web Gallery of Art
• Christ in the House of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus - by Jacopa Bassano (1500's) - tenth image on the webpage of the "Hospitality Art Exhibit" (St. Anthony Shrine Lobby, Boston; July 1998)

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