Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580 – 1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Christ riding on a donkey and colt, the animals side-by-side with a blanket spread across their backs.
label: Description
content: Verso: Christ's body being lowered from the cross, with the Mary kneeling in the foreground at right, another female figure, likely Mary Magdalene, kneels behind her. Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, and a third figure support Christ’s weight, while St. John the Evangelist kisses Christ's feet at lower left.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janos Scholz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1947-58-4
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.5 × 13.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)