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Judas Goes to Find the Jews (Judas va trouver les Juifs)

James Tissot

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In two short verses, Mark recounts the deal struck between Judas and the chief priests, who will give him money to betray Jesus. Here, Judas negotiates his fee (he is shown with his fingers raised).

With his suspicious backward glance at the exchange between Judas and the priests, the unidentified foreground figure draws the viewer’s attention to the proceedings.

Caption

James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). Judas Goes to Find the Jews (Judas va trouver les Juifs), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 3/16 x 10 in. (18.3 x 25.4 cm) Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 in. (18.3 x 25.4 cm) Frame: 15 x 20 x 1 1/2 in. (38.1 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.216. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Judas Goes to Find the Jews (Judas va trouver les Juifs)

Date

1886–1894

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Image: 7 3/16 x 10 in. (18.3 x 25.4 cm) Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 in. (18.3 x 25.4 cm) Frame: 15 x 20 x 1 1/2 in. (38.1 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"

Credit Line

Purchased by public subscription

Accession Number

00.159.216

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Artists and makers

James Tissot

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