James Tissot1886

The Annunciation

The angel Gabriel comes to the young Mary at Nazareth to announce that she will conceive and bear the Son of the Most High (Luke 1). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Annunciation by James Tissot depicting Luke 1:26
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. James Tissot (1836–1902), biblical watercolors from The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ (1886–1894) and The Old Testament.Source

Depicted passages

Luke 1:26-38Primary
Portrait of James Tissot

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.

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