James Tissot1896
Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem
Before the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon spreads out his hands toward heaven and dedicates the newly built temple, asking God to hear his people's prayers (1 Kings 8). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his illustrated Old Testament.
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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.