James Tissot1886

The Chief Priests Take Counsel Together

Gathered in council, the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin seek testimony against Jesus to put him to death, and the high priest demands an answer (Matthew 26). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Chief Priests Take Counsel Together by James Tissot depicting Matthew 26:59
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 26:59-66Primary
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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