Collection

Maltreatments in the House of Caiaphas (Les mauvais traitements chez Caïphe)

James Tissot

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Convicted of blasphemy by the high priests—a crime punishable by death—Jesus is led away, as the crowd of witnesses pulls his hair, scratches his face, and rains both insults and blows on his body in what Tissot describes as a “diabolical fury.” Having blindfolded Jesus, his tormentors now mock his status as a prophet by demanding that he divine which among them has hit him.

Caption

James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). Maltreatments in the House of Caiaphas (Les mauvais traitements chez Caïphe), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 12 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (31.8 x 20.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (31.8 x 20.8 cm) Frame: 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (58.1 x 42.9 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.252. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Maltreatments in the House of Caiaphas (Les mauvais traitements chez Caïphe)

Date

1886–1894

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Image: 12 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (31.8 x 20.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (31.8 x 20.8 cm) Frame: 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (58.1 x 42.9 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"

Credit Line

Purchased by public subscription

Accession Number

00.159.252

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Artists and makers

James Tissot

524 works in the collection