James Tissot1886

The Tribute Money

Shown a coin by those seeking to trap him, Jesus tells them to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's (Matthew 22). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

The Tribute Money by James Tissot depicting Matthew 22:15
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 22:15-22Primary
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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