Artwork
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem is a tempera painting. It dates from 1700 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting illustrates the biblical episode of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, showing Jesus mounted on a donkey and received by a crowd.
The painting illustrates the biblical episode of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, showing Jesus mounted on a donkey and received by a crowd. It employs traditional iconography such as the donkey, palm branches and a man representing Christ to convey humility, messianic fulfillment and royal authority. In the early 18th‑century Russian religious art tradition the work functions as a visual sermon on the Messiah’s arrival, emphasizing spiritual kingship and the promise of salvation.
Technique & Style
Created in 1700 by an anonymous Russian artist, this religious painting depicts the biblical entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The work is executed in tempera on a wood panel support. Measuring 31.1 cm in height and 26 cm in width, the piece demonstrates the formal characteristics typical of Russian religious iconography from the turn of the eighteenth century.
The application of pigment via the tempera medium on a rigid panel reflects traditional techniques employed for devotional images of this period.
History & Provenance
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem is a tempera painting on panel, dated to 1700 and attributed to an anonymous Russian painter. The work is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains located. No details regarding a commission, prior ownership, or chain of custody before its acquisition by the museum are documented in the available sources.
The painting measures 31.1 cm in height by 26 cm in width and is classified as a religious work depicting a man, consistent with its subject of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem.
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which houses the work in its collection.
The painting's dimensions are recorded as 31.1 cm in height by 26 cm in width, executed in tempera on panel and dated to 1700. No specific accession number or inventory designation is provided in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Overview
This tempera painting, titled Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, depicts a significant biblical event. The composition centers on a figure mounted on a white horse, surrounded by a crowd of individuals. A structure is visible in the background, anchoring the scene.
The overall palette is restrained, primarily utilizing various shades of gray and white to define the forms and atmosphere.
Artist & collection
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Intrarea Domnului în Ierusalim este redată conform erminiilor, cu un număr redus de personaje. Central, Iisus călare pe un asin(asină) alb, binecuvântând, urmat de ceata apostolilor(aici doi, probabil Sfântul Petru și apostolul Ioan), este întâmpinat de doi preoți(simbolizând mulțimile. Iconarul nu a mai redat ramurile de finic, scena fiind schematizată, accentuând mai mult starea de tensiune din săptămâna următoare. Isus este înveșmântat cu chiton roșu și himation albastru, în jurul capului are nimbul cruciger. Apostolul Petru are părul și barba albe, chitin verde și himation bej, iar apostolul Ioan, tânăr, fără barbă, veșmânt lung, roșu.Toți trei sunt desculți. Evreii care îl întâmpină pe Hristos poartă veșmintele specifice epocii. În partea de sus, pe fondul aurit care acoperă o porțiune dreptunghiulară deasupra zidurilor cetății, abia vizibile, aripile unor puteri cerești. În partea de jos, relieful- benzi în tonuri de culoare verde. Compoziția este dinamică, chipurile expresive, gesturile bine realizate. Linia desenului este fluidă, sigură. Cromatica este armonioasă, restrânsă, dominată de culori de pământ, brun, roșcate.Bordura roșiatică lată, specifică icoanelor de tip krashnuska. Inscripție pe chenar, în partea superioară. Mici deteriorări ale stratului pictural, blaturile desprinse.
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Sf. Mucenic Gheorghe, ucigând balaurul- The Entry into Jerusalem
