Collection

Our Lord Jesus Christ (Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)

James Tissot

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Jesus appears with his hands folded over his heart, his gaze direct, his expression composed. As Moses commanded in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Deuteronomy, Jesus wears a prayer shawl as a sign of his adherence to the rituals of Judaism.

Tissot derived this image from a larger watercolor in the series in which Jesus gives his last discourse to his disciples after the departure of Judas. He urges them to love one another as he has loved them.

Caption

James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). Our Lord Jesus Christ (Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (16.4 x 9.5 cm) Sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (16.4 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.226. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Our Lord Jesus Christ (Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)

Date

1886–1894

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Image: 6 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (16.4 x 9.5 cm) Sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (16.4 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed top right: "J.J. Tissot"

Credit Line

Purchased by public subscription

Accession Number

00.159.226

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Artists and makers

James Tissot

524 works in the collection