James Tissot1896

Balaam's Oracle

Summoned to curse Israel, the seer Balaam can only bless them, asking how he can denounce those whom God has not denounced (Numbers 23). A gouache study by the French painter James Tissot.

Balaam's Oracle by James Tissot depicting Numbers 23:7
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Depicted passages

Numbers 23:7-12Primary
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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.

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