The Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth

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Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1866

Framing available for canvas prints between 10 & 21 inches.

Canvas prints are rolled and packaged in a shipping tube. Paper prints that are smaller than 14” are shipped flat and prints that are larger than 14” are rolled and shipped in a shipping tube.

Framed work is wrapped in packaging foam and shipped in a framed art box.

Description

The Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth

Carl Heinrich Bloch, 1866

In 1865, Carl Heinrich Bloch was commissioned to create twenty-three paintings depicting the life of Jesus Christ. The works, rendered in oil on copper, took fourteen years to complete. Installed in the King’s Oratory within the Frederiksborg Castle, they still reside there today.

Often extolled as being the best of the twenty-three paintings, Mary wears the traditional red gown and blue mantle, signifying that she is Queen of Heaven. In this painting, a disc-shaped halo crowns her. However, in the previous painting of The Annunciation, she is not, emphasizing that now the holy conception has taken place. A pot of lilies on the stone newel post heralds Mary’s presence and symbolizes her purity. Bloch’s competent handling of paint to create texture and three-dimensional space shows in the rough surface of the stone wall, pillars, and steps – and also in Mary’s diaphanous veil.

More About Bloch

Carl Bloch was an academic Danish painter who is best known for his paintings depicting the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

He received his artistic training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Later, while living in Rome for several years, Bloch studied paintings by the great Italian masters.

When he returned to Copenhagen, Bloch quickly established a reputation as a religious painter. This led to major commissions for paintings in churches and chapels of Denmark and Sweden.

His extensive body of work includes over 250 paintings and 78 etchings. Still, Bloch considered his religious works to be his most valuable contributions. His productive career ended early when he died of cancer at the age of only fifty-five.

This piece was displayed in the Carl Bloch: The Master’s Hand exhibition.

Additional information

Material

Canvas, Paper

Size

10" x 5.4", 14" x 7.6", 21" x 11.4"

Frame

Black, Espresso, Natural, Print Only

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