Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/James Tissot/The Two Blind Men at Jericho

The Two Blind Men at Jericho, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper by James Tissot, 1886–1894

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Two blind men by the road at Jericho throw up their arms and cry out as Jesus passes. Matthew tells of two; Mark names one, Bartimaeus. The crowd tells them to be quiet, and they cry out all the more.

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