Who painted Peter and John Running to the Tomb?

Eugène Burnand painted Peter and John Running to the Tomb in 1898.

What Bible passage does Peter and John Running to the Tomb depict?

Peter and John Running to the Tomb depicts the biblical scene from John 20:1-10.

Where is Peter and John Running to the Tomb located?

Peter and John Running to the Tomb is housed at Musée d'Orsay, 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris.

Peter and John Running to the Tomb by Eugène Burnand

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It has the imposing title, The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection.

More often than not it’s just referred to by the shortened form, The Disciples or Les Disciples.

You won’t find it in the Louvre or the Met or the National Gallery. It hangs tucked away in an old railway station in Paris, now the Musée d’Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine.

It was painted in 1898 by a relatively little known Swiss artist named Eugène Burnand. He was something of an old-fashioned realist at a time when all the cool kids were embracing modernism. The Disciples didn’t make a splash when it was first hung. Burnand’s style was already considered passé by the 1890s.

Details

Artist: Eugène Burnand
Created: 1898
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimension: 134cm × 82cm
Passage: John 20:1-10
Housed at: Musée d'Orsay 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris

Found in: John, John 20, 19th century, John the Evangelist, Peter

John 20:1-10

This artwork depicts John 20:1-10.

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The artist

Eugène Burnand

1850 - 1921

Moudon, Switzerland

Eugène Burnand (30 August 1850 – 4 February 1921) was a prolific Swiss painter and illustrator from Moudon, Switzerland. Born of prosperous parents who taught him to appreciate art and the countryside, he first trained as an architect but quickly realised his vocation was painting. He studied art in Geneva and Paris then settled in Versailles. In the course of his life he travelled widely and lived at various times in Florence, Montpellier, Seppey (Moudon) and Neuchâtel. His later years…

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