Carl Heinrich Bloch1879

The Transfiguration

On the high mountain Jesus is transfigured before Peter, James, and John, his face shining as Moses and Elijah appear in glory beside him (Matthew 17). An oil on copper by the Danish painter Carl Bloch (1879).

The Transfiguration by Carl Heinrich Bloch depicting Matthew 17:1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–1890), including the Frederiksborg Castle cycle on the life of Christ.Source

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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.