Christ the Consolator
The risen Christ stands with arms open in welcome, calling all who are weary and heavy-laden to come to him for rest (Matthew 11). An oil on canvas by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1875).
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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.