Who painted The sermon on the mount?

Cosimo Rosselli painted The sermon on the mount in 1481.

What Bible passage does The sermon on the mount depict?

The sermon on the mount depicts the biblical scene from Matthew 5:1-12.

Where is The sermon on the mount located?

The sermon on the mount is housed at Sistine Chapel.

The sermon on the mount by Cosimo Rosselli

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When Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel in the papal residence, he called on Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507) to paint several frescoes on the long north wall. The Sermon on the Mount and Healing of the Leper is iconographically traditional: in delivering the sermon on the mount, Jesus is the new Moses, delivering a new law from a mountain top. The apostles in Rosselli’s composition stand in rapt attention, but the people in the foreground vary both in their dress and attention span. Some wear 15th-century clothing in contrast to the Roman drapery worn by Jesus and his first-century followers. Most of the figures are captivated by Christ’s words, but two prominent figures in the foreground are in a conversation of their own. In the lower right Rosselli depicts Christ a second time: closely followed and watched by his disciples, he heals a kneeling man who suffers from leprosy (Matt. 8:1–4).

Details

Artist: Cosimo Rosselli
Created: 1481 - 1482
Medium: fresco
Dimension: 570cm × 349cm
Passage: Matthew 5:1-12
Housed at: Sistine Chapel

Found in: Matthew, Matthew 5, 15th century, Jesus' Preachings, Sistine Chapel

Matthew 5:1-12

1 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

2 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 5:1-12 · World English Bible

The artist

Cosimo Rosselli

1439 - 1507

Florence, Italy

Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active mainly in his birthplace of Florence, but also Lucca earlier in his career, and from 1480 in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, where he painted some of the large fresco panels on the side walls. Despite being roughly the same age (slightly older in each case) as Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino and Domenico Ghirlandaio, the other leading Florentine painters, all regarded as greater talents, Rosselli was still able to…