James Tissot1886

The Judgment on the Gabbatha

On the stone pavement called Gabbatha, Pilate brings Jesus before the crowd and, pressed by their cries, hands him over to be crucified (John 19). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Judgment on the Gabbatha by James Tissot depicting John 19:12
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

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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.