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Two vertical black lines on the left represent a single standing figure, while three vertical black lines with circles at the top suggest 3 figures are to its right. The number 8 is between them.

Station 8: Jesus Exhorts the Daughters of Jerusalem

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Henri Matisse
Date:
1951
Medium:
Black enamel brushwork on ceramic panel

Visual Description:
Station 8 is positioned near the left of the center row. It is approximately three tiles high and four tiles wide. In this Stations of the Cross story, Jesus asks weeping women on his journey not to cry for him. Three spare lines with circles at the tops represent the weeping women, who stand together to the right of the scene. A fourth figure, Jesus, stands to the left, represented by two vertical lines with no circle at the top.

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Two vertical black lines on the left represent a single standing figure, while three vertical black lines with circles at the top suggest 3 figures are to its right. The number 8 is between them.
Henri Matisse. Detail of The Stations of the Cross, Chapel of the Rosary, Vence. All copyright-protected works by Henri Matisse © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: © Musée Matisse Nice/François Fernandez