drawing
- Museum number
- 1987,0620.28
- Description
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Entry into Jerusalem; Christ riding towards the city at right on an ass, a man laying his cloak in front, Zacchaeus in a tree above, other figures following or kneeling before him
Oil, heightened with white
- Production date
- 1549-1592
- Dimensions
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Height: 244 millimetres
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Width: 209 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The 1991 Recent Acquisitions Exhibition label text:
A study for an engraving. Barendsz. was described by the artist and poet Karel van Mander in 1604 as one of the most important Amsterdam artists of his generation, because after living in Titian's house in Venice he was able to transmit the most recent stylistic innovations from Italy to the Netherlands. Forty sketches by Barendsz. of the 'Life of Christ' presumbly intended for a series of engravings, were recorded in 1769 by the collector Pierre Jean Mariette, of which twenty-four are now known. Only five, including the present example, were ever engraved. The painterly, impasto technique employed by the draughtsman conveys a sense of the style that Barendsz. had absorbed in Venice and which was to win the admiration of his northern contemporaries.
Not in Popham.
See also the engraving by Jan Sadeler I (P&D1987-6-20-29) placed under his name.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1991 Jan-April, BM, Recent Acquisitions (no cat.)
- Acquisition date
- 1987
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1987,0620.28
