James Tissot1886

The Kiss of Judas

Leading the armed crowd into the garden, Judas approaches with the agreed sign and kisses Jesus, betraying him into the hands of those who seize him (Matthew 26). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Kiss of Judas by James Tissot depicting Matthew 26:47
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.