The False Witnesses (Les faux témoins) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The False Witnesses (Les faux témoins), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 x 11 13/16 in. ( x 30 cm). Brought before a tribunal presided over by the chief priest Caiaphas, Jesus, bound in chains but standing with dignified calm, hears many give testimony against him, though none can agree on a charge or crime, much to the frustration of the priests. Tissot visually conveys the accumulation of these accusations by filling the gallery at left with a frenzied crowd, each person raisi
The False Witnesses (Les faux témoins) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The False Witnesses (Les faux témoins), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 x 11 13/16 in. ( x 30 cm). Brought before a tribunal presided over by the chief priest Caiaphas, Jesus, bound in chains but standing with dignified calm, hears many give testimony against him, though none can agree on a charge or crime, much to the frustration of the priests. Tissot visually conveys the accumulation of these accusations by filling the gallery at left with a frenzied crowd, each person raising his hand to be heard by the judges, who occupy an unseen but elevated dais at the top of the stairs to the right. European Art 1886-1894
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