PALMA GIOVANE
(b. 1548, Venezia, d. 1628, Venezia)

The Probatic Pool

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Oil on copper, 55 x 44 cm
Private collection

The Probatic Pool, also known as the Pool of Bethesda, is the curative pool in Jerusalem (mentioned in John 5:2) into which those afflicted with every kind of illness immersed themselves in order to be cured during the periodic visit of an angel. Christ met a man there too weak to place himself in the waters, cured him on the spot.