James Tissot1896
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Cast into the den for praying to his God, Daniel stands unharmed among the lions whose mouths the Lord has shut (Daniel 6). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.
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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.