My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Eli, Eli lama sabactani) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Eli, Eli lama sabactani), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 1/2 x 8 13/16 in. ( x cm). In the ninth hour of the Passion (three o’clock in the afternoon), Jesus “gives utterance to that cry of anguish, the most heartrending which ever resounded upon this earth,” Tissot writes. In his commentary, Tissot indicates that Christ’s words—the title of this work—are derived from the opening verse of the 22nd P
My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Eli, Eli lama sabactani) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Eli, Eli lama sabactani), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 1/2 x 8 13/16 in. ( x cm). In the ninth hour of the Passion (three o’clock in the afternoon), Jesus “gives utterance to that cry of anguish, the most heartrending which ever resounded upon this earth,” Tissot writes. In his commentary, Tissot indicates that Christ’s words—the title of this work—are derived from the opening verse of the 22nd Psalm, a text that begins with a lamentation on God’s seeming absence or desertion. European Art 1886-1894
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