Heinrich Hofmann1889

Jesus Christ

Christ is shown in quiet majesty, the one who declares, "I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life" (John 8). By the German painter Heinrich Hofmann.

Jesus Christ by Heinrich Hofmann depicting John 8:12
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Depicted passages

John 8:12Primary
Portrait of Heinrich Hofmann

About Heinrich Hofmann

1824-1911 · German

Heinrich Hofmann was a German academic painter whose devotional images of Christ — most famously Christ in Gethsemane and Christ in the Temple — became some of the most widely reproduced religious paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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