James Tissot1896

Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Arriving at the well in Haran, Jacob rolls away the stone to water Laban's flock and weeps as he greets his kinswoman Rachel (Genesis 29). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Jacob and Rachel at the Well by James Tissot depicting Genesis 29:9
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

Genesis 29:9-12Primary
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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