Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/Carl Bloch/The Doubting Thomas

The Doubting Thomas, oil on canvas by Carl Bloch, 1881

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Bloch painted this altarpiece in 1881 for the village church of Ugerløse. Christ stands in white, drawing back His robe to show the wound in His side.

Thomas does not reach out to touch it. He has fallen to his knees, and covers his eyes with his hand. Bloch paints the moment he no longer needs proof: “My Lord and my God.”

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Other masters in room 67, My Lord and My God:

Christ and Doubting Thomas, etching by Carl Bloch, 1885

Carl Bloch

Christ and Doubting Thomas, 1885

Etching, 34.1 × 24 cm

SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb4646)

The Disbelief of Saint Thomas, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper by James Tissot, 1886–1894

James Tissot

The Disbelief of Saint Thomas, 1886–1894

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.341)

Harry Anderson

Behold My Hands and Feet

Under copyright, so not shown here.

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Where to see it

Ugerløse Kirke, Ugerløse, Denmark. The altarpiece of Christ and Thomas, 1881, is in this village church west of Copenhagen.

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Image: BYU Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.

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