James Tissot1886
Woman Behold Thy Son
From the cross Jesus sees his mother and the disciple he loved standing nearby, and entrusts them to one another: 'Woman, behold thy son' (John 19). 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.