Descent from the Cross
After his death, the body of Jesus is tenderly lowered from the cross by those who loved him and prepared for burial (John 19). An oil on canvas by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1865).
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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.