James Tissot1896

Isaiah

In a vision of the Lord enthroned high and lifted up, Isaiah sees the seraphim and cries out that he is undone, until a live coal touches his lips (Isaiah 6). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Isaiah by James Tissot depicting Isaiah 6:1
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

Isaiah 6:1-13Primary
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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