James Tissot1896

The Exodus

The people of Israel set out from Egypt by the thousands, leaving the land of their bondage on the night of the Lord's deliverance (Exodus 12). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

The Exodus by James Tissot depicting Exodus 12:37
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

Exodus 12:37-42PrimaryNumbers 33:1-15Primary
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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