James Tissot1886

My God My God Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

From the cross Jesus cries out with a loud voice, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' (Matthew 27). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

My God My God Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me by James Tissot depicting Matthew 27:46
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

Matthew 27:46Primary
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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