James Tissot1896

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Alone at the ford of the Jabbok, Jacob wrestles through the night with a mysterious man and will not let go until he is blessed and given a new name (Genesis 32). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by James Tissot depicting Genesis 32:24
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 32:24-30Primary
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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