James Tissot1886

He Heals the Lame

In the temple courts, after driving out the money changers, Jesus is surrounded by the blind and the lame who come to him, and he heals them (Matthew 21). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

He Heals the Lame by James Tissot depicting Matthew 21:14
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

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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.