The Baptism of Christ
Jesus comes up from the waters of the Jordan as the Spirit descends like a dove and a voice from heaven names him the beloved Son (Matthew 3). An oil on copper by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1879).
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About Carl Heinrich Bloch
1834-1890 · Danish
Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish painter best known for the 23-painting cycle on the life of Christ commissioned for the Chapel of Frederiksborg Castle (1865–1879). His warmly lit, intimate scenes are among the most widely reproduced devotional images of the 19th century.