The Pool of Bethesda

1645 · Private collection

religious

The miracle of Christ's healing of the paralytic is described in the Bible (John 5:1-15). It took place at the pool of Bethesda. The place was a resort of the sick since the waters were believed to have miraculous curative powers.

About the Artist

Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot

1586 – 1666

Dutch painter of genre pictures, village scenes, moral allegories and biblical stories. He was active in Utrecht from 1616 to 1660 and admitted to the Artists' Guild of St Luke in 1616 at the age of 40. He was the Guild's dean from 1623 to 1624. His early works reflects the influence of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Brueghel the Younger and the Flemish David Vinckboons. He continued the tradition of Flemish landscape painting. He was the teacher of his son, Cornelis Droochsloot (1630-1673)and Jacob Duck.

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