THE BIRTH OF CHRIST

Artist CARL HEINRICH BLOCH (1834 - 1890)

Date1881

MediumEtching

Dimensions17.5 × 21.4 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/16") (Image)
40.5 × 50.6 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16") (Mat)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funding provided by the Marriott Sisters Foundation.

Object number160040002

DescriptionAn etching depicting an interior stable scene that has only one light source being held by a male figure. The light illuminates a female figure on the left side of the work. She is seated on a mound of hay covered with a cloth and rests her arm around the head of a small infant lying draped with cloth. A cloth is hung above the head of the woman and infant. A male figure in the shadows holds a staff while seated at the foot of the infant's bed. On the right side of the work, there is another male figure, whose arm is raised slightly. A bright star is seen in the sky through the entrance opening. The foreground of the scene is covered in hay.

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