Entry into Jerusalem
Iconography: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem
Date: XVI century.
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the church of Myrrh-Bearers in Pskov
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 77 cm, width 55 cm
The centre of the composition shows Christ sitting on a donkey in a practically frontal pose, His legs are on the side of a viewer and His head is turned to the people walking out of the town. He is followed by the apostles headed by apostle Peter also depicted in a practically frontal pose. A child lays out the clothes on the way of Christ and the centre shows the adolescent picking the palm branches.
Inv. № 1589. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve
Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 66. С. 244.