Gary Ernest Smith - Study for Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda 1981 15.5" x 15.5"

Gary Ernest Smith (1942-)
Original Study for "Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda", 1981

Oil on Canvas
Canvas: 15.5" x 15.5"
Frame: 20" x 20"

Signed Lower Right: Gary E Smith / 1981 ©

This painting was inspired by a courageous episode in the Savior’s life when He healed an invalid near Bethesda’s bubbling pools on the Sabbath (John 5).

The scene is most well know for the monumental altar-sized painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch's (1834-1890) done in 1883, and now part of the permanent collection of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. 

This small painting is an oil study for a larger 40" x 38" final piece that was also completed in 1981. The larger final painting resides in the private collection of CJ Peterson in Orem, Utah.

Provenance:
The Artist
The Collection of Blain Hudson, Park City, Utah: from above 1981
The Collection of CJ Peterson, Orem, Utah: from above, 2020