James Tissot1896
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses gathers all Israel and recites the words the Lord spoke from the fire at Horeb — the commandments given to bind the people to the covenant (Deuteronomy 5). A gouache on board by the French painter James Tissot.
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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.