James Tissot1896

The Waters Are Divided

Moses stretches out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drives the waters back with a strong wind, leaving a path of dry ground walled by the parted deep (Exodus 14). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.

The Waters Are Divided by James Tissot depicting Exodus 14:21
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 14:21-22Primary
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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