Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. From the journey to Palestine

Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. From the Journey to Palestine shows the ancient fishing village on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee that the Gospels identify as the base of Jesus's Galilean ministry — the site of the synagogue where he taught and the home of Peter and Andrew. In 1901 Capernaum was an archaeological site with the ruins of a later (fourth-century) synagogue visible among the rubble — its identification as the site of Jesus's activity was still being confirmed by ongoing excavations. Ciągliński paints the place as landscape rather than sacred monument, the lake and shore in their own right.

The Galilean lakeshore setting provides a peaceful, horizontally organized composition — ruins in the foreground, the broad lake behind, hazy hills on the far shore. Ciągliński's palette captures the warm, calm light of the lake basin. Paint is applied with relaxed, atmospheric confidence.