Masters/Carl Bloch/Peter Repentant
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What happens after the rooster crows? Bloch’s painting stops before it. This etching, made in 1882, goes on to the next verse. Peter sits hunched on a stone bench, his head in his hand, his body folded into his cloak.
A rooster still stands at the left, and another below. Bloch left the background loose and sketchy so nothing competes with Peter’s grief.
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Other masters in room 60, Before the Cock Crow:
Carl Bloch
The Denial of Peter, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
Carl Bloch
Study for Peter Repentant, 1880–1881
Pencil, 27.8 × 20.4 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKS577)
James Tissot
The Third Denial of Peter. Jesus' Look of Reproach, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.249)
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.
