James Jacques Tissot (French, 1836-1902) Study for Exhortation to the Sinner Watercolor and pencil on paper 7-3/8 x 3-7/8 inches (18.7 x 9.8 cm) (sight) Signed lower right: JJ. Tissot Property from the William A. Glaser Collection PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Arcade, New York, January 22, 1992, lot 295; Acquired by the present owner from the above. LITERATURE: J.J.J. Tissot, The Life of Our Savior Jesus Christ: Three Hundred and Sixty Five Compositions from the Four Gospels, vol. 3, New York, 1899, p. 55, illustrated (final version). James Jacques Tissot earned international fame as a society painter of fashionable London and Paris in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1885, while visiting the Église Saint-Sulpice, the artist had a religious vision and began an epic project to illustrate the New Testament in 365 watercolors depicting the life of Christ. Tissot soon travelled to the Middle East, where he sketched and photographed the landscape, architecture, dress, and way of life in the Holy Land. As shown by the present study, Tissot's commitment to archaeological accuracy was met by his brilliant ability to convey the psychology of his subject. When first presented in Paris in 1894, the watercolors were acclaimed and the highly publicized exhibition travelled to London and the United States. In 1898, the images were published as The Life of our Savior Jesus Christ (also known as the Tissot Bible), with Exhortation of the Sinner placed within Mark, Chapter 14, detailing the events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice