James Tissot1886

Jesus Carried to the Tomb

Joseph of Arimathea takes the body of Jesus, wraps it in clean linen, and lays it in a new tomb hewn from the rock (Matthew 27). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Carried to the Tomb by James Tissot depicting Matthew 27:57
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

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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.