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Mocking of Christ | Carl Bloch | 1880 Francais Charles Marie Bouton while the fluid lines andIn The Mocking of Christ (1880), Carl Bloch strips the biblical scene down to its most intimate and unsettling core: a bound and silent Jesus is ridiculed not by a crowd, but by a single mocking soldier. This deliberate focus heightens the psychological tension, drawing attention to the cruelty of the act and the dignity of Christs quiet endurance. The soldier, grinning and theatrical, drapes a red robe over Jesus shoulders and offers a reed in