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Christ appears to his disciples
1925
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 112.2 × 91.5 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in black paint l.l.: W. HATHERELL. / 1925
- Accession Number
- 1796-3
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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- 19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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William Hatherell mainly treated literary and biblical subjects which he painted in an old-fashioned style, using a dry and chalky technique that resembled fresco painting. To modernise his work he usually dressed his figures in contemporary clothing, as he has painted Christ’s disciples here. He possibly exhibited this work at the Royal Academy, London in 1922 then sent it to Sydney for the exhibition of the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists in 1925. He may have re-dated the painting for that exhibition.
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- apostles Jesus Christ (Christian character) men (male humans) Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative) resurrection (doctrinal concept) Resurrection of Christ (New Testament narrative) robes (main garments) women (female humans)
