James Tissot1886

The Possessed Boy at the Foot of Mount Tabor

A father brings his afflicted son, whom the disciples could not heal, and Jesus rebukes the spirit and restores the boy at the foot of the mountain (Matthew 17). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Possessed Boy at the Foot of Mount Tabor by James Tissot depicting Matthew 17:14
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.