James Tissot1896

Amos (portrait)

A portrait of the prophet Amos, the herdsman whose voice declared that God despises empty feasts and longs for justice to roll down like waters (Amos 5). A gouache study by the French painter James Tissot.

Amos (portrait) by James Tissot depicting Amos 5:21
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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.