James Tissot1896
Isaac Bears the Wood for His Sacrifice
On the way to Moriah, Isaac carries the wood for the offering on his own shoulders while his father Abraham walks beside him with the fire and the knife (Genesis 22). 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.