THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
Artist
CARL HEINRICH BLOCH
(1834 - 1890)
Date1881
MediumEtching
Dimensions16.2 × 20.3 cm (6 3/8 × 8") (Image)
Overall: 20.5 × 25.1 cm (8 1/16 × 9 7/8")
40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20") (Mat)
Overall: 20.5 × 25.1 cm (8 1/16 × 9 7/8")
40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20") (Mat)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art
Object number140110004
DescriptionThis image depicts a nativity. A female figure is seated next to an infant, atop cloth-covered hay, at the far left of the image. Most of the light rests on the infant. A male figure sits at the foot of the infant’s bed, holding a staff with a basket to his right. A figure stands over the family with hands together in worship and another figure stands behind him, beckoning outside of the image with a raised arm. The stable has a hay-strewn floor, draped ceiling, and through the opening in the upper right corner shines a bright star in the night sky. The scene is illuminated by a single lantern hanging near the center of the image.On View
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