James Tissot1886

The Healing of Malchus

When a disciple strikes the high priest's servant in the garden and cuts off his ear, Jesus touches the wound and heals him (Luke 22). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Healing of Malchus by James Tissot depicting Luke 22:50
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

Luke 22:50-51Primary
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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