James Tissot1896
The Chaldees Destroy the Brazen Sea
The Babylonians break apart the bronze pillars, stands, and great Sea of the temple, carrying off the precious metal to Babylon (2 Kings 25). A gouache study by the French painter James Tissot.
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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.