Udkast til "Kristus velsigner de små børn" 1937 - 1938

This is a preliminary sketch for a larger work entitled "Kristus velsigner de små børn" (Christ Blesses Little Children), by the Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns. Completed between 1937 and 1938, this charcoal drawing shows a group of people, including a figure that could be Jesus, gesturing toward a child. It is an excellent example of Stevns's style, characterized by rapid, gestural lines and a sense of movement. The sketch gives a sense of the artist's process, revealing his early ideas for the composition and details of the finished work. The sketch currently resides at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst in Denmark.