James Tissot1886

The Communion of the Apostles

At the supper Jesus takes bread and the cup, gives thanks, and shares them with the apostles, telling them this is his body and his blood of the covenant (Matthew 26). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Communion of the Apostles by James Tissot depicting Matthew 26:26
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 26:26-29Primary
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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