James Tissot1896
The Sacrifice of Abraham
On the mountain the angel of the Lord stays Abraham's hand, and he sees the ram caught in the thicket to be offered in place of his son (Genesis 22). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.
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About James Tissot
1836-1902 · French
French painter who, after a vision experience in 1885, devoted the rest of his career to an extensive illustrated New Testament based on travel through the Holy Land. His watercolors are now held at the Brooklyn Museum.