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← GOD DAMN
PRIDE.
The connection
PRIDE. — song, scripture, image
Artist’s note forthcoming.
The source artwork
Peter’s Denial
- Artist
- Carl Heinrich Bloch
- Collection
- Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
Not established in the cited sources: date, medium, dimensions.
Peter stands apart from the group gathered around a fire. A rooster on the steps connects the scene to the denial recounted in the Gospel passage alongside this work.
Artwork record · Published image and credit (opens in a new tab)The artist
Carl Heinrich Bloch
1834–1890
Bloch was a prominent Danish painter of the nineteenth century and a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His practice included large commissions and closely observed character studies. His carefully finished surfaces reflect an interest in seventeenth-century Dutch painting.
Artist background · The Hirschsprung Collection (opens in a new tab)Luke 22:54-62
Peter Disowns Jesus
54Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him." 57But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said. 58A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied. 59About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." 60Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 61The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." 62And he went outside and wept bitterly.
