James Tissot1886

Jesus and the Little Child

When the disciples ask who is greatest, Jesus sets a little child in their midst and tells them they must become like children to enter the kingdom (Matthew 18). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus and the Little Child by James Tissot depicting Matthew 18:1
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

Matthew 18:1-6Primary
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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