The Raising of Lazarus. 1780. Oil on canvas. 101 x 130 ins (256.5 x 330.2 cms). Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. It was commissioned as the altarpiece for Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England, where it remained 1782-1900; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, New York City, in 1900. Now at Wadsworth Art Museum, Hartford, Connecticut and recently […]
The Raising of Lazarus. 1780. Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, heightened with white gouache, and squared in graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card. 176 × 238 mms. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Christ heals the sick in the Temple. 1815. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Owing to the acclaim achieved by a previous version, West painted this one. Completed in 1815, with an improved plan of composition, it arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1817.
Christ heals the sick in the Temple. c1780-1, completed 1811; 9 x 14 feet; destroyed during WW2. This sketch: 1794. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 28 5/8 x 45 3/8 ins (72.7 x 115.3 cms). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California. On its completion in 1811 it was exhibited in London to immense […]
Christ heals the sick. c1780 – 1781. Oil on canvas. 90.5 cm x 69.8 cms. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. An early design for the decoration of Windsor Castle chapel.
Elisha raising the son of the Shunamite. 1766. Oil on canvas. 40 3/16 × 50 1/4 ins (102.1 × 127.6 cms). Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
Elijah Raising the Widow’s Son. 1774-1819. Oil on canvas. Height: 164.1 cms (64.61 ins), width: 209.9 cms (82.64 ins). Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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The paintings were reproduced in “La Sainte Bible : Ancien Testament . . . / Compositions par J.-James Tissot” with preface by A. D. Sertillanges, introduction by M. de Brunoff and the French version of L. J. Lemaistre de Saci. (Sertillanges, Antonin Gilbert 1863-1948; Le Maistre de Sacy, Isaac-Louis, 1613-1684) 2 vols.: illus., plates: 4to. 40 plates, 360 illustrations to text, by James Tissot (Tissot, Jacques-Joseph, French, 1836-1902). Paris: M. de Brunoff & Cie, 1904.
The edition contains 360 mounted colour, b/w, and duo-tone illustrations in the text and 40 plates in three states, sepia-tone, partly hand-coloured, and finished coloured state. The plates are protected with captioned tissue-guards. The paper size is 15 3/4 x 13 ins; image size varies (c 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 ins).
Illustration was completed after Tissot’s death in 1902 by Henri Bellery-Desfontaines, Auguste François Gorguet, Charles Hoffbauer, Louis van Parys, Michel Simonidy and Georges Bertin Scott.
Of the 561 copies printed, the John Rylands Library (Manchester) copy is an “exemplaire unique”. As well as the triple set of the large plates in various states, and a series of proofs before letters of the illustrations appearing in the text, it contains a water colour drawing by Tissot (“Joseph presents his father Jacob to Pharaoh”), his original pen and ink sketches for this work, and an autograph letter by him.
Files created by Phillip Medhurst: Tissot in Brunoff at the John Rylands
Phillip Medhurst presents 177/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Canaanite Woman Mark 7:25-30. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. After a painting now in the Brooklyn Museum, New York; photogravure from “La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ … . avec des notes et des dessins explicatifs par J. James Tissot” 1896-97.
Phillip Medhurst presents 181/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Blind Man Washes in the Pool of Siloam John 9:6-23. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. After a painting now in the Brooklyn Museum, New York; chromolithograph from “La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ … . avec des notes et des dessins explicatifs […]
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