James Tissot1886

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

When the disciples turn away those bringing children to him, Jesus welcomes the little ones, saying the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these (Matthew 19). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me by James Tissot depicting Matthew 19:13
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

Matthew 19:13-15Primary
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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