James Tissot1886

The Pharisees Question Jesus

The Pharisees come to test Jesus with questions about divorce, and he answers them from the beginning, when God made them male and female (Matthew 19). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Pharisees Question Jesus by James Tissot depicting Matthew 19:1
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.