Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem

Iconography:  Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem

Date: XVI century. Late 16th – beginning of the 17th century

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Origin: From the church of the Dormition at the Ferry-place

Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 91 cm, width 72 cm

The centre if the icon shows Jesus Christ sitting on a donkey followed by the Apostles. Christ is welcomed by the people at the walls of Jerusalem.

Inv. №1410. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve 

Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 133. С. 404-406.

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