James Tissot1896

Moses Strikes the Rock

At the Lord's command Moses strikes the rock at Horeb with his staff, and water gushes out for the thirsting people of Israel (Exodus 17). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Moses Strikes the Rock by James Tissot depicting Exodus 17:5
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

Exodus 17:5-6Primary
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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