James Tissot1886

The Ascension

The risen Christ is lifted up and a cloud receives him from the disciples' sight as two messengers promise he will return in the same way (Acts 1). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Ascension by James Tissot depicting Acts 1:9
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

Acts 1:9-11Primary
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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