James Tissot1886

Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple

In the temple courts Jesus drives out the merchants and money-changers, overturning their tables and declaring his Father's house a house of prayer (Matthew 21). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple by James Tissot depicting Matthew 21:12
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 21:12-16Primary
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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