An angel bursts out in rays of light, and below, the guards have fallen. Matthew says, “his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.”
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Other masters in room 64, He Is Risen:
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection, 1877
Altarpiece
Altarpiece, Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Østerbro, Copenhagen
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection of Christ, 1881
Etching, 18.1 × 13.2 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13129)
Bernhard Plockhorst
Victory over the Grave, before 1907
Painting
Location unknown
Bernhard Plockhorst
The Resurrection (altarpiece), c. 1893
Oil, in a carved altar
Immanuelkirche, Berlin
James Tissot
The Angel Seated on the Stone of the Tomb, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.330)
Where to see it
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
