Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

Figures crowd a broad flight of stone steps beside tall columns and a sunlit city street. At center, two robed men extend their arms toward a seated beggar, while a figure in red-and-brown drapery reaches down toward a crippled man in the foreground. Oil on canvas with a calm, orderly composition.

Look closer: A small seated figure with a child or companion appears in the shadow beside the steps, partly hidden by the columns.

Artist

Nicolas Poussin

Date

1655

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3917 × 2960 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marquand Fund, 1924