James Tissot1886

Jesus Heals a Mute Possessed Man

Jesus heals a man who is blind and mute under the power of a demon, and the astonished crowds wonder whether he is the Son of David (Matthew 12). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Heals a Mute Possessed Man by James Tissot depicting Matthew 12:22
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.