I got some eerie feelings seeing these pictures. On my trip to the Holy Land, I’d been in the cave of Temptation, and it looked as it was depicted in #13 by Tissot.
Then we go to the temptation on the pinnacle of the temple, which is the southeast corner of the Temple Mount, overlooking the Kidron valley, and the memory came back to me looking at Tissot’s rendition in #32. The bridge to the Temple Mount is historically accurate; I’ve seen reconstructions.
I think Tissot’s Satan is the creepiest too.
As I read your comment twice extolling Tissot’s accuracy, immediately I thought how he, like you, had first-hand experience from his own sojourn there, which explains his faithfulness to the original.
Then, I reached your final paragraph, and Jeff, I’m very, very glad you chose the adjective you did in describing his portrayal of Satan, rather than adding this as yet a third accolade for authenticity—because how would you, and he, know?