James Tissot1886

Jesus Falls Beneath the Cross

On the road to Golgotha Jesus sinks beneath the weight of the cross, and Simon of Cyrene is seized to carry it behind him (Luke 23). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Falls Beneath the Cross by James Tissot depicting Luke 23:26
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

Luke 23:26-31Primary
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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