Masters/Carl Bloch/Adoration of the Shepherds
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Bloch made this etching in 1881, the year after he returned to printmaking. Every tone here is built from scratched lines: dense cross-hatching for the dark stable, open paper for the light.
A lantern hangs at the center. Mary sits at the left with the child on her lap, and the shepherds crowd in from the right, one lifting his arm. Through a gap in the roof at the upper right, a star shines.
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Other masters in room 6, Good Tidings of Great Joy:
Carl Bloch
The Shepherds and the Angel, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
Carl Bloch
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1882
Oil on canvas, 82 × 106 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (NM 1352)
James Tissot
The Angel and the Shepherds, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.25)
James Tissot
The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.26)
Alexander Ivanov
The Shepherds Praise God, late 1840s–1858
Watercolor and pencil on paper (Biblical Sketches)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. SMK holds The Daughter of Jairus (1863) and a large collection of Bloch's etchings and drawings in its print collection. Its open-collection website shows each one free.
Google MapsGoogle EarthImage: SMK Open, public domain. The work itself is in the public domain.
