James Tissot1886

Jesus Before Pilate Second Interview

Pilate declares he finds no fault in Jesus and offers to release him, but the crowd cries out instead for Barabbas (John 18). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Before Pilate Second Interview by James Tissot depicting John 18:38
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

John 18:38-40Primary
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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