James Tissot1886

Jesus Walks on the Sea

Jesus comes to the disciples walking on the storm-tossed sea, and when Peter steps out toward him but begins to sink, Jesus reaches out and catches him (Matthew 14). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Walks on the Sea by James Tissot depicting Matthew 14:25
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 14:25-33Primary
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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