James Tissot1896

Joseph Reveals His Dream to His Brethren

Joseph tells his brothers of his dreams of sheaves and stars bowing down to him, and they hate him all the more for it (Genesis 37). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Joseph Reveals His Dream to His Brethren by James Tissot depicting Genesis 37:5
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

Genesis 37:5-11Primary
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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