The Daughter of Jairus
At the bedside of Jairus's twelve-year-old daughter, Jesus takes her by the hand and bids her arise, and life returns to the child (Mark 5). An oil on canvas by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1863).
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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.