Masters/Carl Bloch/Christ and Doubting Thomas
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Four years after the Ugerløse altarpiece, Bloch etched the scene again. The composition is the same, but tall and narrow, and the background is almost solid black.
In the print, Thomas presses his hand to his face. The light gathers on Christ’s chest, where He holds the robe aside.
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Other masters in room 67, My Lord and My God:
Carl Bloch
The Doubting Thomas, 1881
Oil on canvas, 251 × 120 cm
Altarpiece, Ugerløse Kirke
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.
View it on the Gospel Media LibrarySMK, 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.
