The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Eugène Delacroix, Mark 4, Bible.Gallery
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a oil on canvas painting by Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), created in 1854. Measuring 73 × 60 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Mark 4. This painting is housed at Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore.
Artwork Description
This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament: a furious storm breaks out while Jesus and his disciples sail across the Sea of Galilee to spread Christ's message. To the disciples' amazement, Jesus calms the wind and the storm, dramatizing the power of Christian belief. Delacroix produced multiple variations on this theme in 1853 and 1854, when this particular biblical subject became popular with French Catholics during the reign of Louis-Napoléon (r. 1852-70).