Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/Bernhard Plockhorst/The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd, painting, reproduced as a color print by Bernhard Plockhorst, 19th century

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Jesus walks down a rocky path in a red robe, carrying a lamb in His arms and a shepherd’s crook in His hand. The flock crowds close around His feet.

This was one of the most reproduced religious pictures of its time. Stained-glass windows based on it are in churches from Alabama to Maryland.

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