James Jacques Joseph TissotFrench, 1836–1902Le retour
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Le retour” now? Collection: Musée d'Arts de Nantes, Nantes. Unknown.
Nantes, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in French
De la série : Retour du fils prodigue ; Eau-forte
Musée d'Arts de Nantes
Details
- Accession number
- 3882
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée d'Arts de Nantes
- Image: Musée d'Arts de Nantes — Cécile Clos; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of James Jacques Joseph Tissot
The whole life1900
The Brooklyn Museum buys “The Life of Christ”
In 1900, after its showings in Paris, London and New York, the Life of Christ series was bought by the Brooklyn Museum, where some five hundred drawings, watercolours and oils from the cycle remain today.
1901
Exhibition of Old Testament paintings
Tissot spent his last years painting Old Testament subjects; he never completed the series, but in 1901 he exhibited 80 of these paintings in Paris. The work was cut short by his sudden death at the Château de Buillon on 8 August 1902.
8 August 1902
Died
