Christ at the Cross
Lifted up at Golgotha between two others, Jesus bows his head and gives up his spirit, his earthly suffering brought to its appointed end (John 19). An oil on canvas by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1870).
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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.