Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/Carl Bloch/Healing the Blind Man

Healing the Blind Man, oil on copper by Carl Bloch, 1871

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A beggar kneels in a sunlit lane and reaches up with both hands. Jesus stands over him in dark robes, bending to touch his face. Behind them, a crowd presses through the narrow street, and faces peer over the wall.

Frederiksborg notes that this painting inspired a scene in the Church film The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd, where Jesus heals a blind man in a narrow Jerusalem street. Look at the hands: the man’s open hands, and Jesus’ hand at his eyes.

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The King's Oratory, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark. The 23 paintings hang in the King's Oratory, next to the castle chapel. Frederiksborg says visitors can see them every day, all year.

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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.

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