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Carl Bloch

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Painting of a man in a dark fur-trimmed coat leaning on a table in a vaulted prison cell beside an older man at a chair.

King Christian II in Prison

1871

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair, black velvet cap with jewels, pink flowers, choker, and red bodice against a muted ba

The Artist's Wife, Alma Bloch, née Trepka

1868

Painting of a blindfolded man turning a mill beam while a chained, shirtless prisoner pushes and onlookers watch from a doorw

Samson and the Philistines

1863

Painting of a girl in pink knocking on a hut window beside flowers, with sea and shore visible outside.

The Bathing Hour. A Young Girl Knocking at the Fisherman's Window

1884

Painting of a young woman washing her shoulder with a sponge at a dressing table, reflected in an oval gilt mirror.

A girl washing herself before a carnival

1887

Two women in headscarves talk in a wooden doorway beneath chestnut leaves, with a broom and a hanging white cloth nearby.

Two women talking

1874

Elderly monk in brown habit with bandaged head examines his face in a mirror beside a table with a bottle and glass.

A monk examines himself in a mirror

1875

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen

1869

Night scene of figures lowering a shrouded body near a wooden cross and ladder, lit by a lantern.

Descent from the Cross

1886

Still Life with Fish

Still Life with Fish

1878

A Disturbed Siesta

A Disturbed Siesta

1870

A Fisherman from Sorronto, Italy

A Fisherman from Sorronto, Italy

1860

A Fishwife

A Fishwife

1875

A Young Girl with a Rose

A Young Girl with a Rose

1889

Painting of a farm slaughter yard with a sheep on a trestle table, hanging carcasses and a red door, by Carl Bloch, 1884.

A Slaughterhouse in Hellebæk

1884

Painting of a sleeping girl in a bed with a woman leaning over her, and a haloed figure in an arched doorway.

The Daughter of Jairus

1863

Painting of three figures dining at a tavern table with wine, bread and a cat, with other diners behind them.

In a Roman Osteria

1866

Painting of shepherds adoring the newborn Christ in a candlelit stable, Mary in red beside the manger.

Adoration of the Shepherds

1882

Painting of a young seaman in a blue shirt and straw hat seated on a bench, looking out at sailing ships on the sea.

En ung sømand

1874

Fishing families on a sandy shore under stormy skies, watching the sea as waves break and men look out from the dune above.

Fishing families waiting for their men to return from an incipient storm. From Jutland west coast

1858

Painting of a chained bearded man beside a slain eagle on a cliff, while a bow-wielding hero stands above under stormy skies.

Prometheus' Liberation, the painting was lost. The painting was recovered on the 20th Jan 2023

1864

Oil painting of a thatched house beside a road at sunset, with trees, a fence, and the sea under an orange sky.

Evening lanscape with a house and garden by the sea. Ellekilde

1880