James Tissot1886
Touch Me Not
Outside the empty tomb the risen Jesus tells Mary Magdalene not to cling to him, for he has not yet ascended, and sends her to tell the disciples (John 20). 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.