James Tissot1896

Noah's Sacrifice

Come out from the ark onto dry ground, Noah builds an altar and offers burnt offerings, and the Lord promises never again to curse the earth in this way (Genesis 8). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Noah's Sacrifice by James Tissot depicting Genesis 8:20
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 8:20-21Primary
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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