James Tissot1886

The Lord's Prayer

Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray, giving them the words that hallow the Father's name and ask for daily bread and forgiveness (Matthew 6). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Lord's Prayer by James Tissot depicting Matthew 6:9
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 6:9-13Primary
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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