Carl Bloch's "Sermon On The Mount"

Description of The Painting: painting of Jesus preaching by Carl Bloch, large crowds of people, faint halo above Christ's head, rocks on the mountain

Bloch was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and studied with Wilhelm Marstrand at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) there. Bloch's parents wanted their son to enter a respectable profession - an officer in the Navy. This, however, was not what Carl wanted. His only interest was drawing and painting, and he was consumed by the idea of becoming an artist. He went to Italy to study art, passing through the Netherlands, where he became acquainted with the work of Rembrandt, which became a major influence on him.

Carl Heinrich Bloch was a devout, orthodox Christian whose biblical works were primarily commissioned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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