The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem Devotional Painting.
$975.00
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Item Number: RRB-150478
+$500
Rare Late 18th-early 19th Century Devotional Painting on Panel Depicting the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem
Rare late 18th to early 19th-century devotional painting on panel depicting the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Oil and tempera on thick wood panel, devotional painting in the iconographic tradition. In good condition with scattered chipping and wear.
Devotional panel paintings of this type occupy an important place in the visual culture of late early modern Christianity, functioning as aids to private prayer and contemplative practice as well as objects of domestic or ecclesiastical display. Rooted in long-standing iconographic models, such works typically emphasize legibility, narrative clarity, and symbolic detail—here including Christ’s humble entry on a donkey and the welcoming crowd with palm branches, a scene associated with Palm Sunday and the liturgical beginning of Holy Week. Produced across a wide range of regional workshops, devotional panels frequently combine durable materials with traditional techniques (including tempera and mixed media) that reinforced both their spiritual authority and their role as enduring objects of devotion.
The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem Devotional Painting.
$975.00
In Stock
