CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

Christ's entry into Jerusalem: translation

Christ's entry into Jerusalem marked the beginning of thePassionand is celebrated yearly by Christians on Palm Sunday. Christ rode through the city gates on a donkey while his followers cut tree branches and laid them on the ground in front of him as they praised him. Examples of the scene in art include Giotto's version in theArena Chapelin Padua (1305), Duccio's in theMaestà Altarpiece(1308-1311; Siena, Museo dell' Opera del Duomo),Pietro Lorenzetti's (c. 1320-1330) in the Lower Church ofSan Francescoin Assisi, theLimbourg brothers'inLes Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry(fol. No. 173v; 1416; Chantilly, Musée Condé), andAlbrecht Dürer's woodcut in the London British Museum (1511).

See alsoJean, Duc de Berry.