James Tissot1886

The Second Miraculous Draught of Fishes

At dawn by the Sea of Tiberias the risen Jesus calls from the shore, and when the disciples cast their net as he says, it fills with a great catch of fish (John 21). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Second Miraculous Draught of Fishes by James Tissot depicting John 21:1
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.