Explore the Description of this artwork, The Raising of Lazarus (Lievens).
In the painting, Lievens portrays the fabrics as shimmering with gold and brown hues. The subject matter of the painting is Lazarus rising from his tomb like a ghost figure. Jesus Christ stands on a raised surface with his hands clasped. He looks skyward into a beam of light. In the grave beneath Jesus, the two hands of Lazarus reach out of the grave. A woman resembling a nun at the grave's edge has a stunned look on her face. Other people are observing the scene, including a black woman holding a large white shroud.
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