James Tissot1886

I Thirst The Vinegar Given to Jesus

From the cross Jesus says, 'I thirst,' and a sponge soaked in sour wine is lifted to his lips on a stalk of hyssop (John 19). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

I Thirst The Vinegar Given to Jesus by James Tissot depicting John 19:28
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

John 19:28-29Primary
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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