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Tissot - The Captain and the Mate
Identifier
019317
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Jacques-Joseph Tissot was born in 1836, in Nantes in a seaport on the French coast . Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. Throughout his life Tissot retained an affinity and fascination with all things nautical, and his marked ability to accurately paint rigging and shipboard scene paintings must have come from his boyhood.