James Tissot1886
The Daughters of Jerusalem
On the way to Calvary Jesus turns to the weeping women following him, telling them not to weep for him but for themselves and their children (Luke 23). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.
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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.