The Good Samaritan
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
56.7 × 44.3 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. George A. Martin
Accession Number
1928.750
Tags
male
About this artwork
This is a highly original treatment of the biblical story of a Jewish man who had been beaten, stripped, robbed, and left for dead, and the Samaritan who helped him. This kind act is all the more heroic considering the great hatred between the Samaritans and Jews (each claimed to be the exclusive descendants of Abraham and Moses). The small scene in the center of the large sheet is surrounded by an exuberant landscape teeming with an unrealistic assortment of tropical and nontropical plants and ...