a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

Woe Unto You Scribes and Pharisees
Artist: James Tissot
 c. 1891    Painting

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(“Woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees”) is part of his larger “Life of Christ” series, watercolor (gouache) on paper, which he worked on from 1886-94. He had visited the Holy Land to reinforce the fidelity of his works. (The series is held by the Brooklyn Museum, though not — like this painting — on view.) It is a small painting: 10 x 6 inches.

Workers in the vVneyard
Artist: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
 c. 1750    Painting

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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (30 October 1712 – 23 April 1774) was a German painter and art administrator. In his own works, he was adept at imitating many earlier artists, but never developed a style of his own.

This 1752 painting is housed in the Łazienki Palace Museum.