James Tissot1886
Mary Magdalene Questions the Angels in the Tomb
At the empty tomb an angel tells the women not to be afraid, for the crucified Jesus is risen as he said, and bids them go and tell his disciples (Matthew 28). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.
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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.