# The Raising of Lazarus

- By: Mesteren for Skt. Maria Magdalena-Legenden (Netherlandish, 1486–1524)
- By: Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494–1533)
- By: Mesteren fra det hell. blods broderskab (Netherlandish, 1516–1525)
- Date: 1515-1520
- Medium: Oil on panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: width 135.5 cm, height 145.5 cm, height 130.3 cm, width 116.6 cm
- Culture: Netherlandish
- Museum: [SMK – National Gallery of Denmark](https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KMSsp717)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/smk/mw22v893v_KMSsp717-cropped.tif.jp2/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The story of Lazarus, who had been dead and buried for four days before Jesus brought him back to life, is related in the Bible (John 11:1-44). In this painting the main protagonist is neither Jesus (the standing figure in blue) nor the pasty-green Lazarus. The main focus here falls on the sister of Lazarus, Mary Magdalene, whose story is recounted in the apocryphal “Golden Legend”. The scenes in the background show some of the pious deeds of Mary Magdalene, made during the ten years after the resurrection of Lazarus. The painting originally served as the centrepiece of a triptych altarpiece; it used to be twice the size and had a curving top. In its present form it features later additions that have been painted in other colours to show that they are not original.