James Tissot1896

Pharaoh and the Midwives

Pharaoh commands the Hebrew midwives to kill the newborn sons, but they fear God and let the children live (Exodus 1). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

Pharaoh and the Midwives by James Tissot depicting Exodus 1:15
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 1:15-22Primary
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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