Christ appears to his disciples
1925

William HATHERELL

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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location: Not on display
About this work: 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)

Frame

Acquired in the year it was painted and entering the collection in this frame, Christ appears to His Disciples is framed in a form used in the later half of the C19th rather than the contemporary framing styles of the 1920’s.
Framemaker: Unknown - 20th century
Date: 1925