James Tissot1886

Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

Led by the Spirit into the wilderness and fasting forty days, Jesus is tempted by the devil to turn stones to bread and to seize the kingdoms of the world (Matthew 4). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness by James Tissot depicting Matthew 4:1
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 4:1-11Primary
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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