Bernhard Plockhorst1885

Christ Blessing the Children (Lasset die Kindlein)

Christ takes the little children in his arms and blesses them, rebuking those who would turn them away and declaring that the kingdom of God belongs to such as these (Mark 10). An oil painting by the German painter Bernhard Plockhorst.

Christ Blessing the Children (Lasset die Kindlein) by Bernhard Plockhorst depicting Mark 10:13
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About Bernhard Plockhorst

1825-1907 · German

Bernhard Plockhorst was a German painter best known for his devotional religious images, including "Christ Blessing the Children", "The Good Shepherd", and "Guardian Angel" — works that circulated widely in chromolithograph form across Europe and North America.