James Tissot1886
The Widow's Mite
Watching the offerings at the temple treasury, Jesus sees a poor widow give two small copper coins and declares she has given more than all the rest (Luke 21). 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.