• Welcome to PaintingMania.com
  • Hello, New customer? Start here.
  • James Tissot
    Oct 15, 1836 - Aug 8, 1902
  • The Pilgrims of Emmaus on the Road - Jacques Joseph Tissot, 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.
Shop by Art Gallery
The Pilgrims of Emmaus on the Road
  • Pin It
  • Share on Tumblr
  • The Pilgrims of Emmaus on the RoadEnlarge
  • The Pilgrims of Emmaus on the Road

  • James Tissot
  • Standard size
    We offer original aspect ratio sizes
  • Price
  • Qty
  • 20 X 24 in
  • $219.95
  • 24 X 36 in
  • $335.95
  • 30 X 40 in
  • $432.95
  • 36 X 48 in
  • $585.95
  • 48 X 72 in
  • $1,109.95
  • If listed sizes are not in proportion to the original, don't worry, just choose which size is similar to what you want, we can offer oil paintings in a suitable size, painted in proportion to the original.
  • If you would like the standard size, please let us know. Need a Custom Size?
  • line
  • Les pèlerins d'Emmaus en chemin
    1886-1894
    Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
    Brooklyn Museum, United States.


    On the day of Jesus’ resurrection, two disciples were walking that afternoon from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a village that was two to three hours away by foot.

    As they walked, they talked about the things that had happened. Jesus joined them as they walked, but they didn’t know it was him. He asked them why they were sad as they walked and talked.

    One of the disciples, Cleopas, asked if he were a stranger in Jerusalem and hadn’t heard of all the things that had happened. Instead of answering the question, Jesus asked, “What things?”

    The two disciples told Jesus (still not knowing that it was Jesus) how Jesus of Nazareth was a “mighty prophet in deed and word” and that the rulers of the Jews had crucified him.

    The disciples shared how they had believed that Jesus was the one to redeem Israel and then told the news of that morning, how some of the women went to the sepulchre and found it empty and were told by angels that Jesus was alive. They shared how some of the men who had been with them also went and found the sepulchre empty.

    Then Jesus told them that all this was foretold by prophets about Christ. He shared with them “beginning at Moses and all the prophets” many things the prophets have spoken about Christ.

    As they arrived at the village of Emmaus, Jesus seemed to be going further on the road so the disciples asked him to stay, saying, “abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” So Jesus went in with them.

    As they sat to eat, Jesus took bread and blessed it and gave it to them, as he had done at the last supper. Then the Bible says “their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.”

    Then the disciples said to each other, “Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way and opened to us the scriptures?”

    Why settle for a paper print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a high quality 100% hand-painted oil painting on canvas at wholesale price? Order this beautiful oil painting today! that's a great way to impress friends, neighbors and clients alike.

  • 100% hand-painted oil painting on artist grade canvas. No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.
  • Additional 2 inch blank border around the edge.
  • No middle people, directly ship to the world.
  • In stock items ship immediately, usually ships in 3 to 10 days.
  • You can order any painting in any size as your requests.
  • $12.95 shipping charge for small size (e.g., size <= 20 x 24 in).
  • The cheapest shipping rate from DHL, UPS, USPS, etc.
  • Canvas stretched on wood bars for free.
    - Need special frame for oil painting? Please contact us.
  • Send you a digital copy via email for your approval before shipping.
  • 45-day Satisfaction Guaranteed and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Prev The Pharisees Question Jesus The Piscina Probatica or Pool of Bethesda (La piscine probatique ou de Bethesda) Next
Average Rating: stars Currently rated 5.00, based on 1 reviews.
Write a critique
  • stars
  • from United States.
  • This looks great, thank you.

Other paintings by James Tissot:

The Sermon of the Beatitudes
The Sermon of the Beatitudes
The Man at the Plough
The Man at the Plough
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
Jesus Stilling the Tempest (Jesus calmant la tempete)
Jesus Stilling the Tempest (Jesus calmant la tempete)
James TissotTissot was born Jacques Joseph Tissot in Nantes, to a middle class family. He initially studied art at Beaux-Arts in Paris. Tissot's early paintings are mainly historical, & heavily influenced by the Dutch School. He came into contact with the Impressionists as a young man, and was leading a fairly unadventurous life. This was changed totally by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Following the crushing French defeat in this war, and the subsequent fall of the Paris Commune, Tissot decided to move to London, which he did in 1871. This move must have caused considerable problems in his life, and the painter needed to earn some money quickly. Tissot started, therefore, to paint accomplished highly finished pictures of London society, and social events, including the famous 'Too Early' These pictures were virtually an instant success with the art viewing and buying public, but not with the critics.

Tissot's succcess in London aroused considerable jealousy amongst his Impressionist colleagues in France, where he was regarded as a very minor figure. The critical hostility Tissot's pictures met with, is not easy for us to understand today. The main criticisms were that the pictures were really only painted photographs, and they were vulgar. There is some truth in the first case, though the paintings show dazzling technique, and a dash of Gallic wit and sophistication, home grown English artists were quite unable to match. In the second case the basis of the adverse comment, was the class-consciousness of British society at that time. The pictures were held to show shallow nouveau-riche society at it's worst.

In 1876 an event occurred which changed Tissot's life. He met a young and attractive Irish divorcee called Kathleen Newton. Kathleen had married an English army officer in India. She had formed an adulterous relationship with another man, borne his child, and returned home in disgrace, beyond the pale of polite society. Kathleen Newton became Tissot's mistress, and moved into his London home. This necessitated a radical change in his lifestyle, as the sophisticated, well-dressed, and good-looking painter had become a popular figure socially. Tissot withdrew from the social round, living quietly at his Grove End home with Kathleen. They did, however, entertain less conventional friends from the artistic community. Kathleen Newton became Tissot's muse, and appeared in many of his pictures. She was in every sense the love of his life.

Another attraction for Tissot was the Port of London, and the river Thames. His paintings with the river as the background have an evocative atmosphere missing in his other work. One can almost smell the smoke, and hear the shouts of the dockers and watermen.

In 1882, Kathleen Newton died of consumption at the age of twenty eight. Tissot never recovered from this tragedy, and moved back to Paris within a week of her death .He was never again romantically involved with woman. His house in London, was sold to Alma-Tadema. Initially Tissot carried on painting society and genre pictures in Paris, but soon gave this up, devoting the rest of his life to painting religious scenes. He visited the Middle- East twice to find genuine backgrounds for his religious paintings. In late life Tissot became increasingly interested in Spiritualism, a vogue of the time, and of course his motivation for this interest is not a mystery.

Tissot died at Buillon on Friday the 8th August 1902.

A great artist, his beautiful fallen woman, and a tragic love story. It has everything!