James Tissot1886
The Two Marys Watch the Tomb
As Jesus is laid in the tomb and a stone sealed across it, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sit watching opposite the sepulchre (Matthew 27). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.
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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.