Christ healing the Man Blind from Birth (after Ricci)

after Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734). Oil painting on canvas, Christ healing the Man Blind from Birth after Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734) A blind man kneels before Christ, who stands in front of a temple surrounded by a group of onlookers including his disciples and Pharisees. A crippled beggar is seated on the ground at the right and a mother and child kneel at the left with a dog in front of them. Christ, in the centre and wearing a red robe with a blue cloak, is depicted performing the miracle of restoring the blind man's sight by anointing his eyes with clay which he had made by spitting on the ground, as recounted in the New Testament, John 9:1-7. The original picture, which is now in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, was owned by King George II's physician, Dr Richard Mead, and may have been painted as a gift, perhaps from a grateful patient. Stourhead, Wiltshire (Accredited Museum)