James Tissot1886

Maltreatments in the House of Caiaphas

In the house of the high priest Caiaphas, Jesus is mocked, spat upon, and struck by those who taunt him to prophesy who has hit him (Matthew 26). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Maltreatments in the House of Caiaphas by James Tissot depicting Matthew 26:67
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 26:67-68Primary
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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