An angel sits on the stone that has been rolled away, nearly transparent in the early light. “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.”
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Other masters in room 64, He Is Risen:
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection, 1877
Altarpiece
Altarpiece, Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Østerbro, Copenhagen
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection of Christ, 1881
Etching, 18.1 × 13.2 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13129)
Bernhard Plockhorst
Victory over the Grave, before 1907
Painting
Location unknown
Bernhard Plockhorst
The Resurrection (altarpiece), c. 1893
Oil, in a carved altar
Immanuelkirche, Berlin
Alexander Ivanov
The Angel Rolls Away the Stone, late 1840s–1858
Watercolor and pencil on paper (Biblical Sketches)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Where to see it
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
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Image: Brooklyn Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
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