Masters/Carl Bloch/Jesus Tempted
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Jesus stands high on a rocky height, one arm out, turning away. Below Him, wrapped in red and pressed against the rocks, the tempter cowers, his face hidden in his arm.
Bloch paints the end of the story, not the struggle. Matthew says that after the third answer, “the devil leaveth him.” The light is behind Jesus, the mist rises around the rocks, and the one who tempted Him can no longer look up.
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Other masters in room 14, Forty Days in the Wilderness:
James Tissot
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.51)
James Tissot
Jesus Ministered to by Angels, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.54)
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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