James Tissot1886

The Healing of the Officer's Son

At Cana a royal official begs Jesus to heal his dying son, and Jesus tells him to go, for the boy will live — and at that hour the fever leaves him (John 4). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Healing of the Officer's Son by James Tissot depicting John 4:46
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

John 4:46-54Primary
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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