James Tissot1886

The Foolish Virgins

Having let their lamps run dry, the foolish virgins are shut out of the wedding feast and plead at the closed door, but the bridegroom does not open (Matthew 25). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Foolish Virgins by James Tissot depicting Matthew 25:1
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 25:1-13Primary
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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