James Tissot1886

Jesus Stilling the Tempest

As a great storm sweeps over the lake and the boat fills with water, Jesus rises and rebukes the wind and waves into a sudden calm (Matthew 8). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Stilling the Tempest by James Tissot depicting Matthew 8:23
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.