There is an impression that LDS use of Thorvaldsen’s Christus as a/the preferred image of Christ is a modern development. It goes back farther than most people realize, back before it became ubiquitous on lds.org, back before we housed a replica in the Visitor’s Center on Temple Square, back before the 1964 World’s Fair, back before it appeared in small copies in California cemeteries and was considered for use in a Salt Lake City cemetery. It goes back at least to 1919, when this image appeared in the Improvement Era —
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A reproduction of Thorvaldsen’s statue was installed in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1896. It marks a peaceful place in the middle of a bustling hospital.
A reproduction of Thorvaldsen’s statue was installed in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1896. It marks a peaceful place in the middle of a bustling hospital.
http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/articles/Christstatuearticle.pdf