Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of Christ

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James J. Tissot, 'Resurrection' (1896), Brooklyn Museum, watercolor.
James J. Tissot, 'Resurrection' (1896), Brooklyn Museum, watercolor.

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  1. Roman Guards Watch over the Tomb
  2. The Resurrection
  3. Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb
  4. The Angel Seated upon the Stone of the Tomb
  5. Mary Magdalene runs and tells the disciples
  6. Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre
  7. Mary Magdalene Questions the Angels in the Tomb
  8. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
  9. Do Not Hold on to Me (Noli me tangre)
  10. Christ Appears to Peter
  11. Jesus Appears to the Holy Women
  12. Disciples on Their Way to Emmaus
  13. He Vanished from their Sight

The numbers of the pictures are from a catalog of an exposition of these paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, January 26-February 23, 1899. Good images of most of Tissot's paintings of the Gospels are now available for viewing on the Brooklyn Museum website.

Paintings by by James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902). Biography. Nearly all of Tissot's paintings of the Life of Christ (1884-1896) are rendered in opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper and are owned by the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

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Christian Art and Paintings: Abraham Art | Agnus Dei Art | Angel Art | Annunciation Art | Celtic Stone Cross Art | Christian Symbols and Art | Christmas Art | David |  Easter Art | Elijah | Passion of Christ by Tissot | Gideon | Hebrew-Jewish Art | Holy Week Art | Jacob | Jesus' Ministry Art | Jesus' Teaching Art | Jesus Portraits and Art | John the Baptist | John the Apostle | Lamb of God Art | Last Supper Art | Madonna & Child Art | Moses and the Exodus | Names of God Art | OT Misc Art | Psalms Art | Palm Sunday Art | Paul Art and Paintings | Day of Pentecost Art | Peter Art and Paintings | Prayer Art | Resurrection Art | Revelation Art | Solomon |Thanksgiving and Pilgrims Art | Timothy Art and Paintings
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