Christ Asleep during the Tempest

Christ Asleep during the Tempest is an oil on canvas painting by the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix, executed c. 1853.^[1] The painting is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.^[2][3]

Christ Asleep during the Tempest
Artist	Eugène Delacroix
Year	ca. 1853
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	50.8 cm × 61 cm (20 in × 21 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Delacroix painted at least six versions of the biblical story of Christ sleeping during a storm while on the Sea of Galilee.^[3][4] After seeing the painting in 1886, while it was on display in Paris, Vincent van Gogh wrote: "Christ’s boat—I’m talking about the blue and green sketch with touches of purple and red and a little lemon yellow for the halo, the aureole—speaks a symbolic language through color itself."^[3][5]

Gallery

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  Christ sur le lac de Genesareth,
  c. 1853
  Portland Art Museum
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  Christ sur le lac de Genesareth, 1854
  Walters Art Museum