James Tissot1886

Apparition of Jesus to the Holy Women

As the women hurry from the empty tomb, the risen Jesus meets them on the way and they fall down to take hold of his feet and worship him (Matthew 28). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Apparition of Jesus to the Holy Women by James Tissot depicting Matthew 28:9
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

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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.