Title(s)

Twee zijden van een ivoren blad met reliëfs, voorstellende de doop van Christus en de intocht van Christus in Jeruzalem
Les deux faces d'une plaque d'ivoire, la première du VIIe siècle, la seconde du IXe (title on object)
Sculpture en ivoire (series title)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-192A-13

Artist

• Berthier (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Joseph Rose Lemercier (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1859 - in or before 1864

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 230 mm × width 316 mm

What

• sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)
• baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends
• entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches (Matthew 21:1-11, 21:14-16; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Histoire des arts industriels au moyen âge et à l'époque de la renaissance (RP-F-2001-7-192A)