Judas Hangs Himself
(c1890)
James Tissot
(Nantes, 1836 - 1902)
Matthew 27:1-10
1836 - 1902
Nantes, France
Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible.