# Lazarus and the Rich Man

- By: Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c. 1510–1592)
- Date: c. 1550
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 176 x 251 x 12 cm (69 5/16 x 98 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 146 x 221 cm (57 1/2 x 87 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.68)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1939.68/1939.68_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Biblical parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-21) tells of a man who feasted and celebrated every day, while a beggar named Lazarus sat starving nearby. Dogs came to lick the sores on the poor man's body. However, when the two men died, Lazarus was welcomed into heaven, while the rich man was consigned to hell.