Offered here is an original oil painting by premier artist John Larkin. The original Oil Painting of Zacchaeus in the Tree measures Width 16″ x Height 20″ inches on Birch Panel with a 3/4 inch cradle.
The Oil Painting has Painted edges and is professionally varnished. Painting can be framed or hung as is.
This painting captures Zacchaeus’s surprised look, when Jesus calls him out by name. He is astonished that Jesus wants to dine at his home, as indicated by his right hand pressing firmly to his chest.
Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector at Jericho, mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus’ personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. Tax collectors were despised as traitors (working for the Roman Empire, not for their Jewish community), and as being corrupt.
Because the lucrative production and export of balsam was centered in Jericho, his position would have carried both importance and wealth. In the account, he arrived before the crowd, who were later to meet with Jesus. He was passing through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem. Zacchaeus was short in stature and so was unable to see Jesus through the crowd (Luke 19:3). Zacchaeus then ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree along Jesus’ path. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up at the sycamore tree, addressed Zacchaeus by name, and told him to come down. Jesus intended to visit his house. The crowd was shocked that Jesus, a religious teacher/prophet, would sully himself by being a guest of a sinner.
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